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What connects a rod and three ulna?
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#45334. Asked by quickfire. (Mar 16 04 6:03 AM)
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robboy
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In units of measurement, 3 ulnae equal 1 rod. Used to be a statute in the 13th Century that said, "...3 grains of barley, dry and round, make an inch, 12 inches make a foot, 3 feet make an ulna, 5 1/2 ulnae make a rod..." The ulna later became the yard.
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