S.S. Misri
In ancient Rome people used their bodies as measuring
tools. They used the length of their foot to measure distance. For smaller
lengths they used their thumb. A foot was divided into twelve such thumb widths.
Today we call these units inches. The Romans measured long distances in paces.
A pace was two steps. A thousand paces was called a mile. Today we call this
distance a mile.
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