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Quirky Measures of Peculiar Scales
Explore a variety of rare and intriguing units used around the world to measure unusual quantities, from everyday oddities to obscure scientific terms.
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  • 1. Slang often used for British currency, used informally as value measure
  • 2. Scottish unit for the length of a furrow plowed by a horse
  • 4. Greek-origin term meaning 10,000 units
  • 7. Colloquial measure for small vibrations or movements
  • 9. Very small or tiny amount, especially of spices
  • 10. Imperial unit used for dry volume, often for produce
  • 14. Scottish unit used for measuring salmon catches
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  • 3. Quantity of 500 sheets of paper
  • 5. Traditional unit to measure horse height
  • 6. Informal term used as a fractional measurement of weight
  • 8. SI unit of energy, often overlooked in daily use
  • 11. Old apothecaries' weight roughly equivalent to a few grams
  • 12. Rare informal unit denoting a very small amount
  • 13. Unit of luminous intensity from early lighting measurements
  • 15. Imperial unit traditionally used to measure race tracks
  • 16. Nautical unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour

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