In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee ‌voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent but the House never took up the measure in the face ​of opposition. The proposal the House will consider next week would allow states ​to opt out.

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    7 days ago

    technicallythetruth

    Per the Metric Act of 1866, the US customary units of length and mass were redefined based on the international metric system, making them essentially just weird conversion factors of the meter and kilogram.