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		a9h74j on Aug 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fi... Pretty sure that David Graber demonstrated that there have been societies which used Natural units.

imtringued on Aug 1, 2022 [–]

Ancient Egypt apparently used something very similar to the meter.

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