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The Metric System: What The French Revolution and the Dollar Bill Have To Do With It

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Published June 11, 2013 at 10:02 AM CDT
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What do the French Revolution, the dollar bill, and the metric system have in common? A lot, it turns out, as revealed by our intrepid science explorers, Dr. Jerry McCoy and Dr. John Henshaw of The University of Tulsa.
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