minus-squareGorvin@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•ba dum tsslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s a bit weird that the US uses a measurement that was created in the time where people used their body parts for measurement. Like, the inch is around the size of a thumb, and a foot could be bigger or smaller depending of who measured. Still, it’s still used as a measurement that only a small fraction of the world still uses. linkfedilink
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It’s a bit weird that the US uses a measurement that was created in the time where people used their body parts for measurement.
Like, the inch is around the size of a thumb, and a foot could be bigger or smaller depending of who measured.
Still, it’s still used as a measurement that only a small fraction of the world still uses.