I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Sweden is also the only country in the world to have a sensible use of the word 'miles' (or 'mil' in Swedish):

10km = 1 mil

They use this a lot when speaking of travel distances longer than 20km.

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