There's only two kinds of miles today. The regular one and the nautical one. The regular one is aka "statute mile" because:
In 1592, Parliament settled the question in England by defining the statute mile to be 8 furlongs, 80 chains, 320 rods, 1760 yards or 5280 feet. The statute mile is exactly 1609.344 meters.
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We'd be in for a peck of trouble if we tried changing such a wonderfully functional system.