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  2. Tomb of Eve - Wikipedia

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    However, this is not really surprising as a Hadith 3326 from Sahih al-Bukhari (known as the most authentic collection of hadith) narrated by Abu Hurairah states that Adam was created 60 cubits tall (about 30 meters), and that people in Paradise will look like Adam. [12]

  3. Cubit - Wikipedia

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    These lengths typically ranged from 44.4 to 52.92 cm (1 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in to 1 ft 8 + 13 ⁄ 16 in), with an ancient Roman cubit being as long as 120 cm (3 ft 11 in). Cubits of various lengths were employed in many parts of the world in antiquity, during the Middle Ages and as recently as early modern times.

  4. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    2.3 Cubits. 2.4 Palms. 2.5 Inches. 2.6 Feet. 3 Loudness. 4 Mass. 5 Time. 6 Volume. 7 Miscellaneous. ... Quinaria - the cross-sectional area of a pipe created from a ...

  5. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Canonically, and originally, in 1958 when Smoot was a Lambda Chi Alpha pledge at MIT (class of 1962), the bridge was measured to be 364.4 Smoots, plus or minus one ear, using Mr. Smoot himself as a ruler. [17] At the time, Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall. [18] Google Earth and Google Calculator include the smoot as a unit of ...

  6. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    pied – Foot, varied through times, the Paris pied de roi is 324.84 mm. Used by Coulomb in manuscripts relating to the inverse square law of electrostatic repulsion. Isaac Newton used the "Paris foot" in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. 1 Roman cubit = 444 mm (so 10000 Roman cubits = 4.44 km, a closer approximation to 1 ⁄ 25 ...

  7. Matthew 6:27 - Wikipedia

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    Morris feels that we should not rule out the idea that Jesus is here using a humorous exaggeration, as he does elsewhere on occasion. [4] Luz feels that this could be a reference to the then popular idea that Adam before the fall was much taller, and if humans were ever to return to the original state of grace they would regain this height. [ 5 ]

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    Enjoy the Texas humidity, Adam. Get notified when the biggest stories in Hollywood, culture and entertainment go live. Sign up for L.A. Times entertainment alerts.

  9. Talk:Cubit - Wikipedia

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    24.) A palm four fingers or dj = 75 mm 25.) An foot is 4 palms = 300 mm 26.) A remen is a foot plus a palm or 5 palms = 375 mm 27.) An ordinary cubit is a foot plus 2 palm or 6 palms = 450 mm 28.) A Great Cubit would be a foot plus 3 palms or 7 hands = 525 mm 29.) A Ni bw or elle is literally 2 feet or 600 mm