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When England changed to a shorter foot in the late 13th century, rods and furlongs remained unchanged, since property boundaries were already defined in rods and furlongs. The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and square yards in an acre.
In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...
The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements. The length unit of the system is the furlong, the mass unit is the mass of a firkin of water, and the time unit is the fortnight.
The book centres on 'The May of Teck Club', a fictional institution said to have been established by Princess May of Teck during the First World War [5] "for the Pecuniary Convenience and Social Protection of Ladies of Slender Means below the age of Thirty Years, who are obliged to reside apart from their Families in order to follow an Occupation in London".
Threescore: 60 Three score (3x20) Large: 1,000 Slang for one thousand Myriad: 10,000 Loosely refers to a very large quantity Pair: 2 Often in reference to identical objects Trio: 3 Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance Few: 3 Small number of something Quartet: 4
New 'Mean Girls' movie came out in early 2024. Tina Fey's adaptation of the Broadway musical, originally inspired by the 2004 film, presents a new twist on the modern classic, touts Paramount ...
6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs: Dirt Gulfstream Park 9 March 2024 San Carlos Stakes [k] III $101,500 3&up open 7 furlongs: Dirt Santa Anita Park 16 March 2024 Whitmore Stakes: III $250,000 4&up open 6 furlongs: Dirt Oaklawn Park 16 March 2024 Essex Handicap: III $600,000 4&up open 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles: Dirt Oaklawn Park 23 March 2024 Fair Grounds Oaks: II ...
October 3rd has been dubbed "National Mean Girls Day" due to a memorable scene in the film where Aaron Samuels (played by Jonathan Bennett), the popular guy in high school, asks Cady Heron (played ...