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  2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Common sizes include 2×4 (pictured) (also two-by-four and other variants, such as four-by-two in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK), 2×6, and 4×4. The length of a board is usually specified separately from the width and depth. It is thus possible to find 2×4s that are four, eight, and twelve feet in length.

  3. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada [1].It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters.

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By 1830, Bangor, Maine had become the world's largest lumber shipping port and would move over 8.7 billion board feet of timber over the following sixty years. [3] Throughout the 19th century, Americans headed west in search of new land and natural resources.

  5. How U.S. home sizes have evolved over time

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    The median home size may have jumped by around 800 square feet since the 1960s, but in recent years, it has begun trending downward. Census data shows that, in 2021, new-construction single-family ...

  6. Barleycorn (unit) - Wikipedia

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    As modern studies show, the actual length of a kernel of barley varies from as short as 0.16–0.28 in (4–7 mm) to as long as 0.47–0.59 in (12–15 mm) depending on the cultivar. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Older sources claimed the average length of a grain of barley was 0.345 in (8.8 mm), while that of a grain of " big " was 0.3245 in (8.24 mm).

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    The study, which was recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, analyzed data from 20 studies of nearly 400,000 people where a person’s cardiovascular fitness was compared to ...

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  9. 49ers survive 3 missed field goals, sideline fight to win ...

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    Later in the drive, Purdy found Kittle in the corner of the end zone for a nifty 11-yard toe-tap touchdown that put the 49ers back ahead, 20-17.