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minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 months agoYeah, no idea what a mi is in sensible units.
minus-squareSquorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·7 months ago1 mile ≈ 528 halves of a giraffe
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThey’ve updated the unit of measurement’s name to Jerhalves.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoA thousand Roman paces. A pace is two steps, each about 1m, so 1mi is about 2km. The conversion from paces to meters isn’t exact, and definitions have shifted over time.
minus-squareSubdivide6857@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoYou don’t want to hear about how many American football fields are in a mile?
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoMultiply by Phi (1.6) / the Golden Ratio (still 1.6) to get km. Typically, this is what you need to know: 100 miles = 160 km 60 miles = 100km
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoA mi is one mile in sensible units.
Yeah, no idea what a mi is in sensible units.
1 mile ≈ 528 halves of a giraffe
They’ve updated the unit of measurement’s name to Jerhalves.
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A thousand Roman paces. A pace is two steps, each about 1m, so 1mi is about 2km. The conversion from paces to meters isn’t exact, and definitions have shifted over time.
You don’t want to hear about how many American football fields are in a mile?
Multiply by Phi (1.6) / the Golden Ratio (still 1.6) to get km.
Typically, this is what you need to know:
100 miles = 160 km 60 miles = 100km
A mi is one mile in sensible units.