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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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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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@coolbeans next up, acres, which were defined as "the area an ox could plow in a day"
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