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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (europe.pub)
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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 165 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is because fibonacci numbers approach golden ratio which is approximately 1,618033... and one mile is 1,609344 kilometres exactly.

[–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neat though

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Definitely

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