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[–] lena@gregtech.eu 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Conversion from freedom units πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ¦…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ¦… to metric 🌍🌏 please

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

396mm/s.

Which is like 396/1000 of a meter!

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Wait what? $5 footlongs are only like 6.5 inches long? Not that there's anything wrong with that length. It's above average really.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Not American, but this actually helped.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

40cm/s or 1.4km/h

Roughly 31 degrees centimeters