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2. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   foot; perch, used variously to measure length or area; acre and acre's breadth; furlong; mile; The best-attested of these is the perch, which varied in length from 10 to 25 feet, with the most common value (16 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 5.03 m) remaining in use until the twentieth century. [1] Later development of the English system continued in 1215 in ...

3. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   1 ⁄ 4 cup 2 59.1471 2 wineglasses = 1 teacup gill‡ or teacup‡ tcf. 1 ⁄ 2 cup 4 118.294 2 teacups = 1 cup cup: C 1 ⁄ 2 pint 8 236.588 2 cups = 1 pint pint: pt. 1 ⁄ 2 qt 16 473.176 2 pints = 1 quart quart: qt. 1 ⁄ 4 gal 32 946.353 2 quarts = 1 pottle‡ gallon: gal. 231 in 3: 128 3,785.41 4 quarts = 1 gal

4. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...

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   Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!

6. The 15 best sales this weekend: Fuzzy slippers, Christmas ...

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   This foldable storage shelf measures 27.9-inches wide by 13.4-inches deep by 62.5-inches tall. It's a foldable design with wheels and comes with hooks to lock it into place while it's in use.

7. Metrication in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   The standard railway track gauge, fixed at 4 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (1,435.1 mm) in 1845, [94] was redefined as 1,435 mm [95] – a nominal decrease of 0.1 mm but within the engineering tolerances. Motorway marker posts used by road maintenance teams and emergency services demarcate locations in multiples of 100 m. [ 96 ]

8. Chinese jump rope - Wikipedia

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   The game is typically played by three or more players using a string of rubber bands that has been tied into a circle, usually at least six feet long ("approximately 2 feet in diameter" [8]), or an elastic rope. Two of the participants (the holders) face each other several feet apart, and position the string around their ankles so that it is taut.

9. Ukrainian mayor laid to rest after death in Russian captivity

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   "Thanks to him, a large number of people were able to be rescued, freed, or moved to Ukraine-controlled territory," said Oleksandr Slobozhan, who worked with 63-year-old Matvieiev.