Re: Household Algebra

In article <v169gp$1dl1m$1@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman
soldier.
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Therefore it's  a metric unit, the kilopace.

 
[Hal Heydt]
As opposed to the Nautical Mile, originially defined as one
minute of arc along a latitude line at the equator. That worked
out to about 6076 feet.