Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1311file-text
arrow-up1311external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 days 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 spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoSVG is a vector image format that probably isn’t compatible with every Lemmy client. Here’s a rasterized version from a screenshot:
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoAh thanks, I always wondered why I can see some images but not others.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI got me head stuck in the cubboard!
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoSorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat
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:
Ah thanks, I always wondered why I can see some images but not others.
My brain hurts.
I got me head stuck in the cubboard!
Sorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat