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To: sodpoodle

And a mile is 5280 feet because . . .?


8 posted on 08/22/2021 5:45:47 AM PDT by oldbill
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To: oldbill

Because that’s when the person responsible for creating the mile lost count?


12 posted on 08/22/2021 6:04:22 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: oldbill

Possibly because of the rods and chains used for land surveys during westward expansion?


22 posted on 08/22/2021 7:18:41 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( this is not the America that true Americans deserve ))))
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