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Most of the units of measure (except the furlong and the pole) were derived originally from the length of parts of the "average" human body. The words "foot" and "hand" explain their origin; the "inch" was the length of the first joint of the thumb, and the yard that of the king's arm.

A Missouri woman is suing an editor because he said in an obituary that her husband had gone to a happier home. It never pays for an editor to say what he thinks when writing an obituary.