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Metric meter was defined using the circumference of Earth
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
If you want to standardize distance permanently, simply measure the planet itself. Ambitious researchers decided their new base unit should be exactly one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. Surveyors spent years dragging chains across continents to calculate this fraction, creating a highly logical system out of an absolutely colossal physical chore.
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