@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.org@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Worx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoIt used to be 240 pence to a pound, before decimalisation (when it was updated to 100p to a pound because we were no longer insane)
minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoImplying Brits are no longer insane?
minus-square@Worx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoNot in the same way, certainly. Several of us are even using the metric system now!
minus-square@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoSo a few milligrams less insane then? :P
It used to be 240 pence to a pound, before decimalisation (when it was updated to 100p to a pound because we were no longer insane)
Implying Brits are no longer insane?
Not in the same way, certainly. Several of us are even using the metric system now!
So a few milligrams less insane then? :P
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