Shriram Krishnamurthi on Nostr: TIL that a "mile" comes from the Latin "mille passus", a "thousand paces". Which, ...
TIL that a "mile" comes from the Latin "mille passus", a "thousand paces".
Which, amusingly, comes out to about half-way between 1km and 1 mile.
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