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> In particular a foot is an extremely intuitive unit of measure. The other nice thing about feet is that there are 12 inches in one, which is evenly divisible
by timbit42 4y ago
> In particular a foot is an extremely intuitive unit of measure.
The other nice thing about feet is that there are 12 inches in one, which is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6, while decimal metric units are only evenly divisible by 2 and 5. If only metric had been based on dozenal instead of decimal.