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  2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One barn is equal to 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2. The name derives from the folk expressions "As big as a barn," and "Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn", used by particle accelerator physicists to refer to the probability of achieving a collision between particles. For nuclear purposes, 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2 is actually rather large. [25]

  3. Jambalaya - Wikipedia

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    Jambalaya (/ ˌdʒæmbəˈlaɪə / JAM-bə-LY-ə, / ˌdʒʌm -/ JUM-) is a savory rice dish that developed in the U.S. state of Louisiana fusing together African, Spanish, and French influences, consisting mainly of meat or seafood (or both), [1] and vegetables mixed with rice and spices. West Africans and Spanish people each had versions of ...

  4. 7.3 cm Propagandawerfer 41 - Wikipedia

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    3.4 km (2 mi) [2] Filling. Leaflets. Filling weight. .23 kg (8 oz) [1] The Propagandawerfer 41 was a rocket launcher for the associated non-lethal Propagandagranate 41 rocket. The launcher and rocket were a light man-portable system fired by specially-trained propaganda troops during World War II to distribute leaflets.

  5. 7.5 cm Pak 41 - Wikipedia

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    Sights. sighted up to 1500 m. The 7.5 cm Pak 41 was one of the last German anti-tank guns brought into service and used in World War II and notable for being one of the largest anti-tank guns to rely on the Gerlich principle (pioneered by the German gun-designer Hermann Gerlich, who developed the principle in the 1920s, reportedly for a hunting ...

  6. QF 3.7-inch AA gun - Wikipedia

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    The QF 3.7-inch AA was Britain's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German Flak 8.8 cm and American 90 mm, but with a slightly larger calibre of 3.7 inches, approximately 94 mm. Production began in 1937 and it was used throughout World War II in all theatres except the Eastern Front.

  7. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The seven SI base units. The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance), and candela (cd, luminous intensity).

  8. 7.5 cm Pak 39 - Wikipedia

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    Maximum firing range. 6,600 m (21,654 ft) 7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48) (7.5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 39) was a 7.5 cm German Second World War era anti-tank gun. The gun was used to equip Jagdpanzer IV/48 and Jagdpanzer 38 tank destroyers; [1] no towed version of the weapon was made. The Pak 39 was an electrically fired weapon fitted with a semi-automatic ...

  9. 3.7 cm SK C/30 - Wikipedia

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    Effective firing range. 2,000 m (6,600 ft) (effective ceiling) Maximum firing range. 8,500 m (9,300 yd) at 37.5°. The 3.7 cm SK C/30[Note 1] was the German Kriegsmarine 's primary 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft gun during the Second World War. It was superseded by the fully automatic 3.7 cm FlaK 43 late in the war.