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  2. Shot put - Wikipedia

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    In 1976 Baryshnikov went on to set a world record of 22.00 m (72.18 ft) with his spin style, and was the first shot putter to cross the 22-meter mark. [ 11 ] With this technique, a right-hand thrower faces the rear, and begins to spin on the ball of the left foot.

  3. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. ... 18–22 (N= m:1,528,875 f:1,468,110) 14.1%: Measured: 2002 [51]

  4. Twenty-foot equivalent unit - Wikipedia

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    The height of such containers is most commonly 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) but ranges from 4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m) to 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). Another standard container is slightly more than twice as long: 40-foot (12.19 m), dubbed a forty-foot equivalent unit (often FEU or feu ).

  5. Fathom - Wikipedia

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    Miners also use it as a unit of area equal to 6 feet square (3.34 m 2) in the plane of a vein. [2] In Britain, it can mean the quantity of wood in a pile of any length measuring 6 feet (1.8 m) square in cross section. [2] In Central Europe, the klafter was the corresponding unit of comparable length, as was the toise in France.

  6. T-10 parachute - Wikipedia

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    The T-10D main parachute is a parabolic-shape and has a nominal diameter of 35 feet (11 m) with 30 suspension lines. The entire assembly weighs 31 pounds (14 kg). Paratroopers can be dropped from an aircraft at a maximum speed of 173 mph (150 kn), at a minimum height of 500 ft (150 m). Maximum jump wind speed is 15 mph (13 kn).

  7. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One barn is equal to 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2. The name derives from the folk expressions "As big as a barn," and "Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn", used by particle accelerator physicists to refer to the probability of achieving a collision between particles. For nuclear purposes, 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2 is actually rather large. [25]

  8. At age 22 I weighed 412 pounds. I had weight loss surgery and ...

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    Ese Milan was shocked when a doctor told her she weighed over 400 pounds at age 22. She started working out but chose surgery to really shed pounds. At age 22 I weighed 412 pounds.

  9. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.