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My favorite "strange unit" is poronkusema: "A Sami measurement of distance; the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to stop to urinate. Today used to
by hans_castorp 1y ago
My favorite "strange unit" is poronkusema:
"A Sami measurement of distance; the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to stop to urinate. Today used to describe something that is at a very obscure distance away" (approximately 7.5 km)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Finnish_units_of_measurement#Miscellaneous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Finnish_units_of_meas...
- sunrunner 1y agoThere's no reason for this to obsolete, I have to factor this into route planning for myself so I vote we bring this one back.