Because units are weird. Americans use inches for pizza. The rest of the world uses centimeters for everything. It’s like two different languages arguing over the same slice of pepperoni.
Imagine ordering a 22-inch pizza in Rome. The waiter looks at you like you’re a space alien. You hold up your hands. “This big!” They shrug and bring you a 55.88 cm pie. Same thing.
But here’s the kicker. A 22-inch monitor is not the same as a 22-inch pizza. Monitors measure diagonally. Pizza measures across. One is for work. The other for joy.
The funny history of this number
Did you know the inch was based on the width of a thumb? Seriously. King Edward II of England said, “Three barleycorns make an inch.” Barleycorns! Your 22 inches is 66 barleycorns long. Try that in a bakery.
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Meanwhile, the centimeter is one-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. Fancy, right? So 22 inches is exactly 55.88 of those fancy millionths. Math is poetic.
Quirky fact: A standard bowling pin is 15 inches tall. Two of them stacked? That’s 30 inches. Not 22. But a bowling ball’s circumference is 27 inches. Blame the holes.
