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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]
Generally, Atlas stones heavier than 227 kg (500 lb) are called Manhood stones Manhood stone (Max Atlas stone) for reps – 228 kg (503 lb) x 2 reps over 4 ft (48 in) bar [ 192 ] Atlas stone one-motion to platform – 205 kg (452 lb) to 4 ft 4 in (52 in) [has achieved this feat twice] , [ 193 ] and 200 kg (441 lb) to 4 ft 8 in (56 in) [ 194 ...
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 ...
In 1980, he weighed 167 kg (368 lb; 26 st 4 lb). [13] 1934–1982 (48) Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty Egypt: F 500 kg 1,100 lb 78 st 10 lb 1.40 m 4 ft 7 in 251.1 Second heaviest woman in history. Before her death, she lost around 325 kg (717 lb; 51 st 3 lb) in weight-loss treatment. [14] 1980–2017 (37) Michael Hebranko United States: M 499 kg
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]
The long or imperial hundredweight of 8 stone or 112 pounds (50.80 kg) is defined in the British imperial system. [2] Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a "short ton" of 2,000 pounds (907.2 kg) and a "long ton" of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg).
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It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes around 230 kg (500 lb) of vegetation a day. Its tusks have been known to reach 2.7 m (9 ft) in length, although in modern populations they are most commonly recorded at a length of 0.6–0.9 m (2 ft 0 in – 2 ft 11 in). [ 1 ]