Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[kphoger]

9/8/2025

Why are interstates ending in 0 or 5 normally longer than others?

Because they're the easiest numbers to express using tally marks.

I think this is needed.

[Big John]

9/8/2025

Why are interstates ending in 0 or 5 normally longer than others?

the align with the speed limits.

[Henry]

9/8/2025

Why are interstates ending in 0 or 5 normally longer than others?

Originally, they wanted all the routes to stretch all over the country, like the US routes were doing at the time, but then decided to cut back on a lot of mileage so that those with numbers divisible by 5 could be the dominant ones.

[kphoger]

9/8/2025

Why are interstates ending in 0 or 5 normally longer than others?

It's a relic of the system's having been created in BASIC.

[Max Rockatansky]

9/8/2025

Why are interstates ending in 0 or 5 normally longer than others?

So a TikTok video creator could wow the normals with Interstate factoids in 2024.