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WCDT Jan 17th - Jan 21st (4701-4705)
Farideh:
The 'foot' as a unit of measurement has a rich and varied history. On a first skim, the only reference to it being a specific person's foot was in ancient Rome (Nero Claudius Drusus).
Cornelius:
I seem to remember an Astérix comic, where they said that the Olympic stadium was paced out by Hercules, deducing from that that he should have had a size 42 boot.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 28 Jan 2022, 09:26 ---“feet” seems kind of self explanatory.
--- End quote ---
Sure.
Just like, for example, "stone". Another imperial unit that "is kind of self explanatory" and yet I have no clue what it means.
cesium133:
Eh, stones are not self-explanatory. Is it a big stone? A little stone? A small boulder the size of a large boulder? But most people have feet, and they're usually within a certain range of sizes that are within a factor of 2 or so of the unit of measurement.
snubnose:
Still I have no clue what that size is.
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