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  2. 1:12 scale - Wikipedia

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    In this scale (ratio), one inch on the scale model or miniature is equal to twelve inches on the original object being copied. Depending on the application, this particular scale (ratio) is also called one-scale (since 1 inch equals 1 foot). [1] The scale is popular for dollhouses, especially those aimed at adult collectors.

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    [25] [26] The standard FIFA football pitch for international matches is 105 m (344 ft) long by 68 m (223 ft) wide (7,140 m 2 or 0.714 ha or 1.76 acres); FIFA allows for a variance of up to 5 m (16.4 ft) in length in either direction and 7 m (23.0 ft) more or 4 m (13.1 ft) less in width (and larger departures if the pitch is not used for ...

  4. Swedish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Before that, 1 ⁄ 12 tum or 2.06 mm. mil – "mile", also lantmil. From 1699, defined as a unity mile of 18 000 alnar or 10.69 km (6.64 mi). The unified mile was meant to define the suitable distance between inns. After the 1889 metric conversion the Swedish mil is defined as exactly 10 kilometers. nymil – "new mile" from 1889, 10 km exactly.

  5. List of Egyptian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Length — Egyptian units of length are attested from the Early Dynastic Period. Although it dates to the 5th dynasty, the Palermo stone recorded the level of the Nile River during the reign of the Early Dynastic pharaoh Djer, when the height of the Nile was recorded as 6 cubits and 1 palm (about 3.217 m or 10 ft 6.7 in).

  6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/November 2005 ...

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    There are books about it - Nunh-huh 05:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC) As for the symbology, without knowing anything other than looking at it, you have a seven-pointed star, each point corresponding to a ltter in the word "BABYLON", probably as the Mother of Mysteries, and a mandorla (vesica piscis), some crosses and a lot of "7"'s in the center ...

  7. Xinjiang - Wikipedia

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    Xinjiang is the largest political subdivision of China, accounting for more than one sixth of China's total territory and a quarter of its boundary length. Xinjiang is mostly covered with uninhabitable deserts and dry grasslands, with dotted oases conducive to habitation accounting for 9.7 percent of Xinjiang's total area by 2015 [ 17 ] at the ...

  8. List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters - Wikipedia

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    He is normally extremely "by the book" and clean cut, with close cropped black hair and a neatly knotted tie and jacket, even at 4 a.m. crime scenes. At that point, Dolph was such an excellent police officer that Anita wondered what he had done to be assigned to RPIT, a low-status position within the police force.

  9. Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word is a word processing program developed by Microsoft.It was first released on October 25, 1983, [11] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. [12] [13] [14] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989 ...