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  2. Stone (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) [1] is an English and British imperial unit of mass equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35 kg). [ nb 1 ] The stone continues in customary use in the United Kingdom and Ireland for body weight .

  3. Sack (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A sack of coal was 16 stone, or 224 pounds (102 kg), while the weight of a sack of wool depended on who was selling it. A sack of grower's wool was 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 hundredweight or 364 pounds (165 kg), whereas a sack of dealer's wool was considerably lighter, at 240 pounds (109 kg). [11]

  4. English units - Wikipedia

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    Mercantile stone 12 lb L ≈ 5.6 kg Butcher's stone 8 lb ≈ 3.63 kg Sack 26 st = 364 lb ≈ 165 kg The carat was once specified as four grains in the English-speaking world. Some local units in the English dominion were (re-)defined in simple terms of English units, such as the Indian tola of 180 grains. Tod This was an English weight for wool ...

  5. List of World Records and feats of strength by Hafþór Júlíus ...

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    Atlas stone overhead press – 115 kg (254 lb) x 4 reps (unofficial world record) [187] Natural stone to shoulder – 194 kg (428 lb) [196] Natural stone overhead press – 155 kg (342 lb) (unofficial world record) [197] → Hafþór has also pressed a 137 kg (302 lb) stone and a 144 kg (317 lb) stone, back to back [198]

  6. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    Stones, and every Stone to weigh xiv. l. The third development is a set of 14th-century bronze weights at the Westgate Museum in Winchester, England. The weights are in denominations of 7 pounds (corresponding to a unit known as the clip or wool-clip), 14 pounds (stone), 56 pounds (4 stone) and 91 pounds ( 1 ⁄ 4 sack or woolsack).

  7. Lifting stone - Wikipedia

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    Among other known ancient Irish stones are the Aughrim Graveyard Stone which weighs 115 kg (254 lb) and meant to be shouldered, the Faha Stones which are a pair weighing 162 kg (357 lb) and 112 kg (247 lb), and the 215 kg (474 lb) Flag of Denn, which is a heavy, almost perfectly rectangular stone associated with strong men of the parish who ...

  8. List of heaviest people - Wikipedia

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    Peak BMI kg/m 2 Notes Lifespan (age at death) kg lb st Jon Brower Minnoch United States: M 635 kg 1,400 lb 100 st 0 lb 1.85 m 6 ft 1 in 186 Largest ever documented weight loss, of 419 kg (924 lb; 66 st), [1] until Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari surpassed the record in 2017. 1941–1983 (41) Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari [2] Saudi Arabia: M 620 kg 1,370 lb

  9. Tom Stoltman - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, Stoltman broke the world record for the 5 Atlas Stones (light set) 100–180 kilograms (220–397 lb), completing them in just 16.01 seconds; he also holds the world record for the heaviest Atlas stone ever lifted over a 1.22 metres (4.0 ft) bar at 286 kilograms (631 lb).