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Because if they were hands, it would take 15,840 of them? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_%28unit%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_%28unit%29

• xiaq 6y ago
  The actual question being asked and answered here is why a mile is defined as 5280 feet, as opposed to any other number, such as 5000 feet.
• perl4ever 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_system