Reader Ralph Y Komai writes that mention of the U.S. standard railroad gauge sent him on an electronic search that turned up an unrelated message on measurement.
Selected units:
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1,000 aches: 1 kilohurtz
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2,000 mockingbirds: 2 kilomockingbirds
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Basic unit of laryngitis: 1
hoarsepower
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453.6 graham crackers: 1 pound
cake
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Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter: Eskimo pi
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100 rations: 1 C-ration
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Half of a large intestine: 1
semicolon
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2,000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won
ton
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8 nickels: 2 paradigms
From
the magazine “C & E News” (Chemical & Engineering News).