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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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This is the most American thing ever. Taking an official number (1,808km), converting it to customary units (1,123mi) rounding it (1,120mi) then converting it back again with rounding error.
Relevant xkcd
is there an xkcd for there always being an xkcd for everything? i wonder now ...
#2087
No, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.
"Stone" is British, we don't use that bullshit here.
It's right there in the article.