Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or nightmessage-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down18
arrow-up1248arrow-down1message-squareWhoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or nightStefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 hours ago Thanks to the Romans, we also have super messy units for length But we can still blame the English for the furlong.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-249 minutes agoAccording to that Wikipedia article: The furlong was historically viewed as being equivalent to the Roman stade (stadium), which in turn derived from the Greek system. Yeah, even the history of units is messy.
But we can still blame the English for the furlong.
According to that Wikipedia article:
Yeah, even the history of units is messy.