Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1299arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 day 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-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoImplying Brits are no longer insane?
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoNot in the same way, certainly. Several of us are even using the metric system now!
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoSo a few milligrams less insane then? :P
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agohttps://youtu.be/_yE-wA24xJ8
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
https://youtu.be/_yE-wA24xJ8
Interesting, thanks