Conversion Tables

Ever faced with the puzzling task of converting measurements? Here's a handy guide to some lesser-known problems:

• Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi

   

• Two thousand pounds of Chinese soup: won ton

   

• One millionth of a cup of mouthwash: one microscope

   

• Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: one bananosecond

   

• One thousand aches: one megahurtz

   

• Basic unit of laryngitis: one hoarsepower

   

• Shortest distance between two jokes: a straight line

   

• Two thousand mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds

   

• One thousand grams of wet socks: one literhosen

   

• One millionth of a fish: one microfiche

   

• One trillion pins: one terrapin

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