this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The ancient Greeks used units invented in the 1790s? I mean at least miles were from the same millennium.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If it were written in the miles from the same millenium it would be 28.5 Roman miles

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Ah perfect, slap that on the meme

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

How many cubits?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

he actually ran like 300 miles over 4 days