Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1311arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months 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-up8·2 months agoImplying Brits are no longer insane?
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot in the same way, certainly. Several of us are even using the metric system now!
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSo a few milligrams less insane then? :P
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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