Statistics Saturday: How Many Things It Takes To Make A Hundred Of Things

Thing	How Many It Takes To Have A “Hundred” Of That Thing
Bowstaves, oars, and staves for hogsheads, as well as other certain types of pieces of wood	120
Canvas and linen cloth	120
Cod, Ling (which turns out to be cod), and Haberdine (which is also cod)	124
Dried fish that’s somehow not just cod?	160
Drinking glasses	100, mercifully
Eggs	120
Fish, not excluding herring	120
Onions, Garlic	225
Pins, Nails	120
Sheep or lambs, in Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	106

Reference: http://www.sizes.com/units/hundred.htm, from the Index to Units and Systems of Units page, which is just absorbing every minute of my time anymore because there’s things like a “stathmos” that’s equal to “about five parasangs”, which clears up things if you’re in Ancient Greece and taking units from the Persians when they aren’t looking.

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