Stametstotumblr@lemmy.world·9 months agoLiterally no one knows(lemmy.world)imagearrow-up1938arrow-down116message-square149fedilink
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minus-squareTechnusarrow-up18arrow-down0·9 months agoedit-29 months agolinkfedilinkActually it’s pretty much exactly the main play area of a football field, minus 5 yards on either side, or 10 yards on one side(acre in red, association football field in blue): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AAcre_superimposed_over_football_fields.svg The unit apparently represents the approximate area of land that one person with a team of oxen could plow in a single day.
Actually it’s pretty much exactly the main play area of a football field, minus 5 yards on either side, or 10 yards on one side(acre in red, association football field in blue): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AAcre_superimposed_over_football_fields.svg
The unit apparently represents the approximate area of land that one person with a team of oxen could plow in a single day.