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  2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    ≡ 1 ⁄ 400 of a revolution ≡ π ⁄ 200 rad ≡ 0.9° ≈ 15.707 963 × 10 −3 rad: octant: ≡ 45° ≈ 0.785 398 rad: quadrant: ≡ 90° ≈ 1.570 796 rad: radian (SI unit) rad The angle subtended at the center of a circle by an arc whose length is equal to the circle's radius. One full revolution encompasses 2π radians. = 1 rad ...

  4. Cuvette - Wikipedia

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    The cuvette can be made of any material that is transparent in the range of wavelengths used in the test. The smallest cuvettes can hold 70 microliters, while the largest can hold 2.5 milliliters or more. The width determines the length of the light path through the sample, which affects the calculation of the absorbance value.

  5. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    A proposal was made that: [40] In addition to the speed of light, four constants of nature – the Planck constant, an elementary charge, the Boltzmann constant, and the Avogadro constant – be defined to have exact values; The International Prototype of the Kilogram be retired; The current definitions of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, and mole ...

  6. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1302 on Saturday, January 11 ...

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    Hints and the solution for today's Wordle on Saturday, January 11.

  7. US charges ex-TD Bank employee with helping to launder money ...

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    In October, U.S. officials said TD bank employees received at least $57,000 in gift cards in 2020 and 2021 from one criminal who moved more than $400 million in transactions through the bank.

  8. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    In every day use, Celsius is more commonly used than Kelvin, however a temperature difference of one Kelvin is the same as one degree Celsius and that is defined as ⁠ 1 / 100 ⁠ of the temperature differential between the freezing and boiling points of water at sea level. A temperature in Kelvin is the temperature in Celsius plus about 273.

  9. Cuba runs short on fuel at pump as energy crisis festers - AOL

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    Mexico, which has become a regular supplier to the island, has made up for some of the difference. But both Venezuela and Mexico send mostly crude to Cuba, whose obsolete refineries must use it to ...