beany beings
coolbeans@misskey.heonian.org
how the fuck is the mile even derived, like its nonsensical in feet (5280ft), its nonsensical in yards (1760y)
is this just a case of the imperial system actually being a bunch of equally nonsensical units of measurement tacked onto eachother?
is the mile completely detached from the shorter range units of measurement????
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mia@void.rehab
mia@void.rehab
@coolbeans 1760 was the year the mile was officially standardized, which is why they used 1760 yards
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whats funny is a roman mile might actually be closer to 1000 yards than a modern american one, since that was just derived by „1000 paces“, which is…. quite close to 1000 yards as a matter of fact
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