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djha-skin
on Aug 31, 2020
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Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? (2009)
A rod is 5.5 yards. A mile is 320 rods. A rod is 1/1000th of a league . A league is the distance a man could travel in about an hour and corresponds nearly to about 5k in today's measurements.
dredmorbius
on Aug 31, 2020
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Which suggests that seven-league boots would equate to speeds of about 110,000 mph.
New York to San Francisco in about 90 seconds.
edoceo
on Aug 31, 2020
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Those boots are for walking all day (eg: infantry) - not walking very fast.
dredmorbius
on Aug 31, 2020
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You seem to have something else in mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-league_boots
edoceo
on Aug 31, 2020
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Huh, yea, TIL
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