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A mile is a unit of length, usually use to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. Its size can vary from system to system, but in each is between one and ten kilometers. In contemporary English contexts, mile most commonly refers to the international mile of 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or exactly 1,609.344 meters. However it can also refer to either of the following for specific uses:

Trivia about mile

  • At an Oxford, England track meet on May 6, this distance was covered in a record 3:59.4 seconds
  • 640 acres equal a square this
  • 8 furlongs equals 1 _____
  • Its stopping distance is exactly 1 of these, so if the engineer sees you tied to the tracks 5,281' away, you're fine
  • Proverbially, "A miss is as good as" this, but I still don't want to run one
  • In May 1954 it took Roger Bannister 3 minutes 59.4 seconds to cover this distance
  • It comes from an old Roman unit & Jim Ryun got famous by running it
  • 1,609 meters(4)
  • In the Roman Empire, one of these equaled 1,000 paces &, on roads, was marked with a special stone
  • Watch the scholarship offers roll in when you run this distance in 3:43.13, tying the world record set in 1999

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