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Old 23rd January 2008, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
A nautical mile makes sense when you understand the reasoning behind it:

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1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.


It always amuses me when people say something like they were doing "45 knots per hour". My response is the acceleration must have been pretty good, what was the top speed?. I usually only get a blank look in return .
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