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snowe@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

A thousand miles

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A thousand miles

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snowe@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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    Fun fact: all the imperial units are now fixed on the SI system. Meaning that their formal definitions use SI units. So it’s literally just SI with extra steps.

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      Fun fact: the mile was originally defined as 1000 paces.

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        So he walked 1 million paces?

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          He only said he would, never said he did

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