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thrownblown
942 days ago
time is base 12 or 60, ounces are base 16, feet back to 12, but miles are base 5,280
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InitialLastName
942 days ago
Be fair: the mile is either base 8 (furlongs) or base 1000 (paces). 5280 is an arbitrary complication.
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