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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/lifehacks@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: there's quite a lot of countries that use "mixed metrics", with no real rhyme or reason for what uses old ancient imperial and what uses new shiny metric

UK - Miles for long distances, switch to meters for distances less than a mile, always use km in air and sea. Milk in pints, petrol in liters, water in ml, beer in pints. Human heights in Feet Inches, building heights in Meters. Human weights in a unit even Americans don't use anymore (Stone), animal weights in kg/g.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

Really? Do people walk around in the UK and say "I weigh 11 stone"? "I lost 3 stone on this diet"?