@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@Supervisor194@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months ago“Give me 240 Sterlings for a Pound,” you’d say. Now where was I… ah, yes. The important thing was that I had a kipper in my waistcoat, which was the fashion at the time…
minus-square@ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months agoGrandpa Simpson Onion Story (YouTube)
“Give me 240 Sterlings for a Pound,” you’d say. Now where was I… ah, yes. The important thing was that I had a kipper in my waistcoat, which was the fashion at the time…
Grandpa Simpson Onion Story (YouTube)