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> a mile is 5280 foot? really? There are 22 yards to a chain, 10 chains to a furlong and 8 furlongs to the mile. The intermediate units have fallen out of use,

• mkl 7y ago
  "22 yards to a chain", "10 chains to a furlong", and "8 furlongs to the mile" are all really wacky.
• masklinn 7y ago
  > There are 22 yards to a chain, 10 chains to a furlong and 8 furlongs to the mile […] it's not like the mile is a completely wacky number. Have you read what you wrote? And you forgot the 4 rods to a chain (and thus 5 ½ yards to a rod). That's 4 different ratios (none of which is 12) to go from kilometer-scale to meter-scale. > I see you've never cooked anything. Ever. I fail to see how finding "there are 3 tsp to a tbsp, 2 tbsp to an fl oz, 8 fl oz to a cup, 2 cups to a pint, 2 pints to a quart and 4 quarts to a gallon" odd translate to "you have never cooked anything" compared to "this is a millilitre, it works fine under the entire range, for graduation simplicity there are 10mL to a cL, 10cL to a dL and 10 dL to a L, a liter is a convenience designation for 1dm³".
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