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by cormullion 1194 days ago
The UK magazine New Scientist has been collecting occurrences of strange units in newspapers for years, and people often write in with new ones.

https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg18725070-900-incompati...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133562-700-the-race...

I also remember length "measured in worms laid end to end", and volume "measured in cups of tea".