At lunch one day a colleague explained that the size of the space shuttle could be linked to the width of two horses walking on a Roman road :-)
One of my favorite lunch breaks of all time.
I'd be very leery of trusting the specifics too much. E.g. the reference to "Roman war chariots", which are not a thing the Romans ever used.
Snopes entry: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/railroad-gauge-chariots/
God, I had forgotten about those email FWDs. The old people I know totally abandoned email.
At lunch one day a colleague explained that the size of the space shuttle could be linked to the width of two horses walking on a Roman road :-)
One of my favorite lunch breaks of all time.