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by chias 3606 days ago
Have you heard of the "cubic ton"? I am not kidding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_ton

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"Hundred" used to mean different things for different commodities.

four score for some things, six score for others, or for onions, a hundred was 15^2

That is beautiful.