Wondering why the United States measures things in inches and pounds? The answer will definitely surprise you All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the ...

As the story goes, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw met in summer 1997 at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. They bonded over their mutual dislike for the band they were watching, decided to date each other ...

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A unified measuring system allows people from different nations to trade with one another without doubting what they are getting. Many attempts to make units of measure standard have come and gone ...

Metric has long been identified as an indie-rock band, but it recently embraced the "indie" part of that descriptor in a big way. For their last album together, the band's members formed their own ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...