The current "mile", the "International Mile", is very close to the 1593 "statute mile", going through a lot of history, but ultimately coming from 1,000 (a "mil

The current "mile", the "International Mile", is very close to the 1593 "statute mile", going through a lot of history, but ultimately coming from 1,000 (a "mil") paces. The kilometer: As part of the widespread rationalization that occurred during the French revolution, the meter was defined in 1791 as 1 ten millionth the distance of a line drawn from the equator to the north pole, through Paris. Golden ratio: 1.618... km / mile ratio: 1.609... So, seems like just a coincidence. But these are fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre