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A leisurely trip (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Miles originated in Britain, so talk to them about their made-up nonsense.

At least they were eventually willing to give up the imperial system. I still don't understand why Americans never got on board with metric; it's so much easier.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago*

    Just watched a video which explains a few things.

    Time zones start in UK because of some decent reasoning. France was also a contender for where timezones start for the same kinds of reasoning but conceded it in agreement that UK adopts the new metric system they created

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