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Curious Measures and Their Mysteries
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- 1. Typographic unit roughly equal to 1/6 of an inch
- 2. Length measure traditionally used to gauge water depth, equal to six feet
- 4. An old English unit equal to 220 yards, often used in horse racing
- 6. A prefix denoting one billionth in scientific measurement
- 8. An ancient unit of weight and money, often used in biblical times
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- 3. A surveying measure equal to 66 feet
- 5. Unit of measurement still used to measure the height of horses
- 7. An older apothecary unit of weight roughly equal to 3.5 grams
- 9. Land measurement unit equal to 16.5 feet
- 10. Unit of energy commonly used to measure food energy
- 11. SI unit measuring energy or work done
- 12. An ancient measure based on the length of the forearm from elbow to fingertip
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