Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYou’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more: Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it. Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
minus-squareFuck u/spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSVG is a vector image format that probably isn’t compatible with every Lemmy client. Here’s a rasterized version from a screenshot:
You’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more:
Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it.
Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
SVG is a vector image format that probably isn’t compatible with every Lemmy client. Here’s a rasterized version from a screenshot: