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  2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In issue 33, Mad published a partial table of the "Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures" developed by 19-year-old Donald E. Knuth, later a famed computer scientist. According to Knuth, the basis of this new revolutionary system is the potrzebie, which equals the thickness of Mad issue 26, or 2.263 348 451 743 817 321 6473 mm. [4]

  3. Ella Cinders (film) - Wikipedia

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    Ella Cinders is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Colleen Moore, produced by her husband John McCormick, and featuring Moore's recurring co-star (five films in three years), Lloyd Hughes.

  4. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India. Its value was about 10 km (6.2 mi), although the exact value is disputed among scholars (between 8 and 13 km or 5 and 8 mi) Its value was about 10 km (6.2 mi), although the exact value is disputed among scholars (between 8 and 13 km or 5 and 8 mi)

  5. Ella Cinders - Wikipedia

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    Ella Cinders is an American syndicated comic strip created by writer Bill Conselman and artist Charles Plumb. Distributed for most of its run by United Feature Syndicate , the daily version was launched June 1, 1925, and a Sunday page followed two years later.

  6. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  7. 4-6-6-4 - Wikipedia

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    Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 is an example of a 4-6-6-4 locomotive. In the Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 4-6-6-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by two sets of six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels . 4-6-6-4's are commonly known as Challengers .

  8. Pisgah Crater - Wikipedia

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    The volcano was the site of the Mount Pisgah Volcanic Cinders Mine, a cinder quarry that produced pumice for commercial use, the primary end product being railroad ballast for the Santa Fe Railroad. The mountain is currently owned by Can-Cal Resources Limited, a Canadian company specializing in exploration of precious minerals in California. [4 ...

  9. Icositetragon - Wikipedia

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    The regular icositetragon has Dih 24 symmetry, order 48. There are 7 subgroup dihedral symmetries: (Dih 12, Dih 6, Dih 3), and (Dih 8, Dih 4, Dih 2 Dih 1), and 8 cyclic group symmetries: (Z 24, Z 12, Z 6, Z 3), and (Z 8, Z 4, Z 2, Z 1). These 16 symmetries can be seen in 22 distinct symmetries on the icositetragon. John Conway labels these by a ...