Five grams. The nickel was the first U.S. coin to have its weight expressed in round metric units, back in 1866.    Yes, efforts to break this country free of the â¦ ridiculous pound-foot-fortnight-bushel system of measurement have been going on for nearly 150 years.
Dickens, Nebraska. Dickens is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 23 southwest of the city of North Platte, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 3,136 feet (956 m). The community is named for Charles Dickens.
Where was Dickens born? On 7 February 1812, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth. His parents named him Charles John Huffam Dickens. Portsmouth was the home of the Royal Navy. His father, John Dickens, worked as a clerk for the Navy. His mother's name was Elizabeth Barrow. She wanted to be a teacher and run a school. Happy times