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> metric foot Why is that a thing?
by monochromatic 9y ago
> metric foot
Why is that a thing?
- sixothree 9y agoMaybe because 30cm is very close to 12 inches.
- contravariant 9y agoNot sure, but most of those 'metricised' units are leftovers from Napoleon's push to make everything metric.