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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by Redoubts on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:11AM (#12641679)
> FYI a Knot is standard for navigation world wide because the unit is standardized on earth's size.

Historically, a meter was too. A line of longitude is a little over 20,000km.

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