Useful English System Conversion Units

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Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its
diameter Eskimo Pi
2
2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing
at YaleUniversity Hospital 1 I.V. League
3
2000 pounds of Chinese soup Won ton
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1 millionth mouthwash 1 microscope
5
Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier
Mach Turtle
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Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical
mile per hourKnot-furlong
7
365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because
it's less filling 1 lite year
8
16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone 1 Rod Serling
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Half of a large intestine 1 semicolon
10
1000 aches 1 megahurtz
11
Weight an evangelist carries with God 1
billigram
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Basic unit of laryngitis 1 hoarsepower
13
Shortest distance between two jokesA straight
line
14
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the
pavementbananosecond
15
A Half-Bath 1 demijohn
16
453.6 graham crackers 1 pound cake
17
Given the old adage "a journey of a thousand
miles begins with a single step," the first step
of a one-mile journey1 Milwaukee
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1 million microphones 1 megaphone
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1 million bicycles 2 megacycles
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365.25 days 1 unicycle
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2200 mockingbirds two kilomockingbirds
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10 cards 1 decacards
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1 kilogram of falling figs 1 Fig Newton
24
1000 grams of wet socks 1 literhosen
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1 millionth of a fish 1 microfiche
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1 trillion pins 1 terrapin
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1 million billion picolos 1 gigolo
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10 rations 1 decoration
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100 rations 1 C-ration
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10 millipedes 1 centipede
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3 1/3 tridents 1 decadent
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10 monologs 5 dialogs
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5 dialogs 1 decalog
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2 monograms 1 diagram
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8 nickels 2 paradigms
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2 wharves 1 paradox