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Time to double down on the metric system (www.cbc.ca)
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In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it's time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.

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[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Where things get weird in the USA is one mile = 5280 feet. Like, who the fuck pulled that number out of their ass?

The romans divided the mile into 5,000 feet. But the British perfered using 'furlong', thus the mile became 8 furlongs, and a furlong is 660 feet.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Time for a historical metrology search!

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