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In an US source, you can count yourself lucky if the distance is not given in “length of football fields” or “giraffes”.
by microtherion 3y ago
In an US source, you can count yourself lucky if the distance is not given in “length of football fields” or “giraffes”.
- OnlyMortal 3y agoI’ll just leave this here: https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/reg-standards-conver...
- phpisthebest 3y agoThat would be 1,077,047,953.603 football fields, or 387,737,263,297.2403 feet, or 1,163,211,789,891.721 hands Freedom Units are the best units.
- localplume 3y agobut it wouldn't? US astrophysicists and others use units like AU. and if they were using football fields, its to make it so people understand it better. AU is pretty hard to grasp for most people I'd imagine. the writer is American anyway.