Oka (mass)

•  Peck

  A peck is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 2 gallons, 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act of 1824.

  

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•  Cubit

  A cubit is the first recorded unit of length and was one of many different standards of measurement used through history. It was originally based on measuring by comparing to one's forearm length. The Egyptian hieroglyph for the unit shows this symbol. It was employed through Antiquity, the Middle-Ages up to the Early Modern Times, especially for measuring cords and textiles, but also for timbers, stone and volumes of grain.

  

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•  Réaumur scale

  The Réaumur scale (°Ré, °Re, °R), also known as the "octogesimal division", is a temperature scale in which the freezing and boiling points of water are set to 0 and 80 degrees respectively. The scale is named after René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, who first proposed it in 1730.

  

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•  Pennyweight

  A pennyweight (abbreviated dwt) is a unit of mass that is equal to 24 grains, 1/240 of a troy pound, 1/20 of a troy ounce, approximately 0.054875 avoirdupois ounce and approximately 1.555 grams. Historically, a British penny's weight was literally, as well as monetarily, 1/240 of a troy pound of sterling silver. The troy pound and the pennyweight lost their official status in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878.

  

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•  Koku

  The koku is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year (one masu is enough rice to feed a person for one day). A koku of rice weighs about 150 kilograms (23.6 stone or 330 pounds).

  

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•  Cana (length)

  A cana was a unit of length used in the former Crown of Aragon. The exact meaning was not consistent but the use in Barcelona was a distance of 1.5708 metres.

  

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•  Rod (length)

  The rod is a unit of length equal to 5.5 yards, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or ⁄320 of a statute mile. A rod is the same length as a perch and a pole. The lengths of the perch (one rod) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter. In old English, the term lug is also used.

  

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•  Dirham

  Dirham or dirhem (درهم) is a unit of currency in several Arab nations, and formerly the related unit of mass in the Ottoman Empire and Persian states. The name derives from the Greek currency drachma.

  

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•  Mark (mass)

  The mark was originally a unit of mass for gold and silver common throughout western Europe, and was equal to 8 troy ounces (249 g). Variations throughout the Middle Ages were, however, considerable. Later, the weight called "mark" was generally half-a-pound. Like the German systems, also the French poid du marc weight system consider one "marc" equal half-a-pound or 8 ounces. Like the pound of 12 troy ounces (373 g), the mark was also used as a unit of currency, e.g.

  

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•  Batman (mass)

  

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•  Geography of Uruguay

  Uruguay is a country in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America between 53 and 58 west longitude and 30 and 35 south latitude. It is bounded on the west by Argentina, on the north and northeast by Brazil, and on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it fronts the Río de la Plata, a broad estuary that opens out into the South Atlantic.

  

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•  TCS

  

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•  Tank (gaming)

  A tank (also known as a meat shield) is a type of character class in gaming. Tanks in real-time strategy games and role-playing games focus on large amounts of health, armor, or both. Tanks are also frequently very strong and slow/heavy. Tanks are often represented as a heavy armored fantasy warrior, a large combat vehicle, or a very tall and muscular man.

  

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•  Frankie Genaro

  Frank "Frankie" Genaro (né DiGennaro, August 26, 1901 – December 27, 1966) was a former Olympic gold medalist and boxing world flyweight champion. He is credited with engaging in 130 bouts, recording 96 victories (19 KO's), 26 losses, 8 draws and 4 No Decisions.

  

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•  Rogierowko

  

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