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  2. Mile - Wikipedia

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    In formal situations (such as official road signs) only kilometres are given. The Swedish mile was standardised as 36,000 Swedish feet or 10.6884 kilometres (6.6415 miles) in 1649; before that it varied by province from about 6 to 14.485 km. [43] Before metrication, the Norwegian mile was 11.298 kilometres (7.020 miles).

  3. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    On land, the league is most commonly defined as three miles (4.83 km), although the length of a mile could vary from place to place as well as depending on the era. At sea, a league is three nmi (3.452 mi; 5.556 km). English usage also included many of the other leagues mentioned below (for example, in discussing the Treaty of Tordesillas).

  4. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  5. Li (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Li or ri (Chinese: 里, lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, [citation needed] is a traditional Chinese unit of distance. The li has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English mile and now has a standardized length of a half- kilometer (500 meters or 1,640 feet or 0.311 miles ).

  6. Mile (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The mile (mi.) is an English unit of units of length that equals 1.609344 kilometers. It is sometimes distinguished as the "land mile", "statute mile", or ...

  7. How Many Steps Are in a Mile—and Why That Even Matters - AOL

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    How Many Steps Are in a Mile ... Heart Association recommends 30 minutes of exercise each day for cardiovascular health—that translates to about 1.5 miles of walking. Knowing your steps means ...

  8. Nautical mile - Wikipedia

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    A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute (⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).

  9. Write off your mileage? The IRS expands the deduction for ...

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    For the final six months of 2022, the standard mileage rate for business travel was 62.5 cents per mile, up 4 cents from the rate effective at the start of 2022. The new rate was implemented to ...