The Crazier Units Of Measurement
1. Beard Second: The beard-second is a unit of length inspired by the light year, but used for extremely short distances such as those in integrated circuits. The beard-second is defined as the average length a physicist's beard grows in one second. It's been defined variously as 100 angstroms (10nm) or as a 5nm! 2.Wheaton: It's a measurement of Twitter followers relative to celebrity Wil Wheaton. One miliwheaton equals 500 followers. Have you reached one miliwheaton? 3.Mickey: One Mickey per sec is the smallest resolvable unit of measurement for the speed and direction that a computer mouse pointing device is moved. It is named after Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon character. 4. Helens: It is used to measure beauty. Is this unit named after the Bollywood star Helen? No clues though! 5. Potrzebie: It is developed by Donald E Knuth. According to Knuth, one potrzebie equals 2.26473 mm. Did you enjoy??comment. ...