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by lucb1e 3082 days ago
I don't get this either, it's not as if there are two "m"s in the word million. I must be spelling it wrong.
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nsgoetz 3082 days ago
I believe it come from mille - Latin for 1000. So 1mm is one mille mille or one thousand thousand. Why we use the Latin? I have no idea.
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