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Today I learned: Epstein Island had an area of 28 ha (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@piefed.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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The island was Epstein's primary residence,[4][14] and he called the island "Little St. Jeff".

In April 1998, a company called L.S.J. LLC purchased the island for $7.95 million, and documents showed that Jeffrey Epstein was the sole member of L.S.J

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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Welcome to how anyone from the rest of the world feels when measurements are given in US units.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hello, rest of the world here. I actually do have some basic understanding of US units with some frame of reference and common amounts/numbers. Because we deal with American crap all the time, tutorials, info sheets, some products use them (TVs, etc).