@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-squareBjörnlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoAnd supposedly the German mark got it’s name because the pound was too much for them so they made a mark at the appropriate place to make it smaller and used that instead.
And supposedly the German mark got it’s name because the pound was too much for them so they made a mark at the appropriate place to make it smaller and used that instead.