I always wondered where 5280 came from

In England the early Tudor kings established that a furlong would be 220 yards. Queen Elizabeth later decreed that the Roman mile of 5200 feet should instead be 5280 feet which is exactly 8 furlongs.

(Book – The Discoverers : A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself – Daniel J. Boorstin)

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