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[โ€“] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A meter is defined as a thing but the distance traveled by light in 1/299792458 of a second may not be the most evocative reference for the common person.

[โ€“] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Did you know that a pendulum exactly one meter long will swing exactly once per second? Yep, science!