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China had their own mile. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” was actually only around 300 English miles long.
by earthboundkid 3y ago
China had their own mile. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” was actually only around 300 English miles long.
- Aerroon 3y agoThe modern Chinese li is defined as exactly 500 meters.
- earthboundkid 3y agoLaozi had some foresight to use meters in 500BCE.
- hashmush 3y agoAnd, similarly, the 斤 (jīn) is defined as 500g.