Mixing metric and imperial measures can lead to serious problems. Here are a few mixups that have resulted in mishaps. Image: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal ...

So for example, a 10 kg dumbbell would be 22 lbs. Imperial units such as feet, pints, ounces and miles are used alongside metric units like metres, millilitres and kilometres. In the UK we use ...

These standard units can be divided into two separate groups: imperial and metric. Depending on where you live, you might be more familiar with one than the other. In the past, people in the UK ...

Environment Canada's use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt ...

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OVERHEATED: A Quirks & Quarks Special — Audio and Transcript Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government had formed the Metric Commission in 1971, after industries called on Canada to ditch Imperial ...