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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (infosec.pub)
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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 153 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is because fibonacci numbers approach golden ratio which is approximately 1,618033... and one mile is 1,609344 kilometres exactly.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

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[–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Neat though

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Definitely