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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by imglorp on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:45PM (#12645492)
Actually knots are derived from SI, being based on nautical miles (which are SI), which are 1/60th of a degree of latitude. So they're not completely useless or arbitrary like other imperial units.
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