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minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoI thought they used the metric system? Everything is so Americanized now they just refer to things in multiples of Manhattans?
minus-squareoptional@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoIn fact we use Saarland as the official measuring unit. One Saarland is ≈ 43 Manhattans. Or, to be more precise, one Manhattan is 23 Millisaarlands.
minus-squareDosDude@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago2.3 Centisaarlands for people in construction
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoFootball fields were the compromise
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago“American Football” is such a mouthful.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBut there too you have imperial football fields and metric ones, with an imperial one being 0,745 metric ones.
I thought they used the metric system? Everything is so Americanized now they just refer to things in multiples of Manhattans?
In fact we use Saarland as the official measuring unit. One Saarland is ≈ 43 Manhattans. Or, to be more precise, one Manhattan is 23 Millisaarlands.
2.3 Centisaarlands for people in construction
Football fields were the compromise
“American Football” is such a mouthful.
But there too you have imperial football fields and metric ones, with an imperial one being 0,745 metric ones.