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minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThe only thing I learnt living in england is I weigh approximately 8 stone(s). Still don’t fucking understand miles, because I lived somewhere with transport and never got a car.
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoA kilometre is about 1/10,000th the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. A mile is 1,760 yards. Why? Because I said so!
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoHonestly just consider it to be 1.5 km. It’s close enough for most circumstances
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoThe Fibonacci sequence is also handy (since the golden ratio is not too far off the miles km conversion. 2 mi ≈ 3 km 3 mi ≈ 5 km 5 mi ≈ 8 km Etc 1 mi = 1.609344 km Golden ratio ≈ 1.618
The only thing I learnt living in england is I weigh approximately 8 stone(s).
Still don’t fucking understand miles, because I lived somewhere with transport and never got a car.
A kilometre is about 1/10,000th the distance from the North Pole to the Equator.
A mile is 1,760 yards. Why? Because I said so!
Honestly just consider it to be 1.5 km. It’s close enough for most circumstances
The Fibonacci sequence is also handy (since the golden ratio is not too far off the miles km conversion.
2 mi ≈ 3 km
3 mi ≈ 5 km
5 mi ≈ 8 km
Etc
1 mi = 1.609344 km Golden ratio ≈ 1.618