TIL US & UK shoe sizes is based on the size of a Barleycorn! en.wikipedia.org Submitted by VeryPoliteRaccoon t3_121mud8 on March 25, 2023 at 2:05 PM in todayilearned 35 comments 274
seattle_architect t1_jdmsnon wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:49 PM “The barleycorn is an English unit of length[1] equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e. about 8.47 mm). It is still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking countries.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barleycorn_(unit) Permalink 17
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