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  2. Akita (dog breed) - Wikipedia

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    The Akita is a powerful, dominant, and loyal breed, commonly aloof with strangers, but affectionate and deeply loyal to its family. As a breed, Akitas are generally hardy. The two separate varieties of Akita are a pure Japanese strain, called Akita Inu or Akita-ken, and a larger mixed strain, commonly referred to as the "American Akita". [1]

  3. Slug (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The slug is a derived unit of mass in a weight-based system of measures, most notably within the British Imperial measurement system and the United States customary measures system. Systems of measure either define mass and derive a force unit or define a base force and derive a mass unit [ 1 ] (cf. poundal , a derived unit of force in a mass ...

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The intrinsic viscosity [η] is related to the weight-average molar mass (in daltons) by the Mark-Houwink equation: [η] = 0.070 M w 0.70. [86] However, it is typical to cite [η] values directly in dL/g, as the "viscosity" of the cellulose, confusingly as it is not a viscosity.

  5. List of heaviest people - Wikipedia

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    Peak weight measured in October 2016. Reduced 345 kg (761 lb; 54 st 5 lb) by February 2018. [6] 1985 Robert Butler [7] United States: M 544 kg 1,200 lb 85 st 9 lb In 2006 he was 408 kg (899 lb; 64 st 3 lb), reached peak weight in 2015, the year of his death. [8] 1972–2015 (43) Walter Hudson United States: M 543 kg 1,197 lb 85 st 7 lb

  6. Quintal - Wikipedia

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    In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48.95 kg (108 lb), and has been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol qq. In Spain , the quintal is still defined as 100 libras , or about 46 kg (101 lb), but the metric quintal is also defined as 100 kg; [ 3 ] In Portugal a quintal is 128 ...

  7. Stone (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The stone remains widely used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for human body weight: in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh, e.g., "11 stone 4" (11 stones and 4 pounds), rather than "72 kilograms" as in most of the other countries, or "158 pounds", the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US and in Canada. [38]

  8. Your Poop Can Weigh Up To Four Pounds, But That Doesn't ... - AOL

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    Either way, pooping won’t affect your weight in any huge way—even if it does feel like you just dropped 10 pounds. That amazing feeling is more about de-bloating than actual loss of body mass.

  9. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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    The British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery were established by the Master General of Ordnance in 1764, and these were not altered until 1919, [citation needed] when the metric system was additionally introduced.