HOWLARIOUS INCHES ARE THE WORST

The whole Imperial system has its issues, but I think that the inch is the best example.

First, there are 12 inches in a foot. Why? Well, there are two reasons that seem equally ridiculous, so let’s start with those.

The first reason I found was that King Henry I’s foot was 12 thumb widths long. And as we all know, King Henry I’s body proportions are a fundamental physical constant. Whenever you need to measure something, you go to the lifesize replica of Henry I that you keep in your living room. It’s a common human experience.

The second reason I found was that an inch is the size of 3 barleycorns. Which begs the question, “Why not make a foot 36 barleycorns?” Well, that would be too easy.

So, as far as I can tell, they split the difference in this insanity. They decided that a foot would be divided up into 12 inches. Now, believe it or not, I could actually get behind that! 12 is a number that is super divisible! It can be divided evenly by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. This actually makes math easier, giving us a logically derived unit of measurement.

So, we have a foot that is divided up into units of 12, giving us inches. Now, how should we divide up inches? Probably into 12ths again, right?

Wrong!

So we stick with the classic base 10? That’s weird, but ok.

No. We are going to divide inches by 8ths. Why? Because. We. Can.

In summary, inches are measured in 1/8ths and feet are measured in 1/12ths. Don’t believe me? Check a ruler.

And don’t get me started on miles… •

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