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mtreddit4 t1_j2cmpq6 wrote

Reply to comment by Bokbreath in TIL The longest word in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles. by mic3ttaa

Get out of here with your freedom units - everyone knows there is a kilometer between the first and last letter.

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ElfMage83 t1_j2dfwrj wrote

Kilometers are shorter than miles, which you'd know if you learned both systems like Americans do.

Besides, the modern mile is based on the ancient Roman mile (mille passus, where each pace is ~30 inches), far older than either metric or US customary length. A modern mile is roughly twice as long as a Roman mile.

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