[Technus wonders if the conversion is correct. Maybe fox-lengths aren't actually the length of a fox? Like how feet aren't actually the length of a foot.
He wonders where the term "foot" to measure length came from, and wishes he had the internet to look it up, and maybe other trivia about measurement. He does remember some trivia about feet without having to look it up, though, which results in him stating this nonsequiter:]
THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOOT IS 0.000002 METERS SHORTER THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. IT WAS STANDARDIZED WHEN I WAS AROUND SIXTY YEARS OLD.
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He wonders where the term "foot" to measure length came from, and wishes he had the internet to look it up, and maybe other trivia about measurement. He does remember some trivia about feet without having to look it up, though, which results in him stating this nonsequiter:]
THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOOT IS 0.000002 METERS SHORTER THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. IT WAS STANDARDIZED WHEN I WAS AROUND SIXTY YEARS OLD.