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1/8th mile = 1 furlong. Many short races, for feet or horses, that started way back when are some number of furlongs.

• speeder 6y ago
  Now THAT is an interesting information, never heard of "furlongs" before!
  • saalweachter 6y ago
    It's a fantastic unit if you need to convert distances from metric to imperial, because 1 furlong = ~200 meters. So if you tell someone something is half a kilometer away and they ask what that is in imperial, you can quickly respond "2 1/2 furlongs".
  • HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago
    A furlong, the approximate distance that an average draft horse can pull a single-bottom plow before needing a rest, is my favorite measurement because it sounds so grounded in reality. It's just how long the furrow is. Right next to the parsec, but only because of the Star Wars references :-)
  • wrycoder 6y ago
    Snails are rated in furlongs per fortnight.