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orthoxerox on Aug 31, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? (2009)

How does the author jump from 1000 paces to 5000 feet so easily in the first section?

benhurmarcel on Aug 31, 2020 [–]

Looks like the Roman defined a pace (two steps for a soldier) to be 5 feet. And a mile to be 1000 paces.

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