Guys.
Just found this and thought you might find it interesting.
Some Lesser Known Metric Units
Despite never having adopted the metric system for day to day life, Americans (and others) are familiar with the basic units, like grams (especially kilograms), meters and such. But when it comes to lesser known units, they’re clueless, so we thought we’d help the educational process along a bit.
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1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
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Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
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2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
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Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
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Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
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Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
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16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
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Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
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1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
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Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
* Shortest distance between two jokes = 1 straight line
* 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
* 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone
* 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
* 365.25 days = 1 unicycle
* 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds
* 52 cards = 1 decacards
* 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton
* 1,000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen
* 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
* 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
* 10 rations = 1 decoration
* 100 rations = 1 C-ration
* 2 monograms = 1 diagram
* 4 nickels = 1 paradigms
* 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 IV League
and…
* 100 Senators = Not 1 good decision
Cheers
Don
