Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1310arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 days 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-up8·3 days agoImplying Brits are no longer insane?
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNot in the same way, certainly. Several of us are even using the metric system now!
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSo a few milligrams less insane then? :P
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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