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Wow! It actually makes sense! (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

And the craziest part is, American customary units are defined by metric. For example, a foot is legally defined as 30.84cm.

Meanwhile, a meter is legally defined as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. Reproducible anywhere, if you have the resources.