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To: fidelis

exactly!!! I’ve heard around 200 pounds and you found over 700 pounds! I’m assuming no one knows for sure. Things get lost in thousands of years


7 posted on 02/01/2026 1:01:29 PM PST by MarlonRando
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To: MarlonRando

The same thing can be similarly said about a “cubit”. It is widely believed to be the span of a man’s arm, from his elbow to his fingertips. There’s a lot of difference, however, between a cubit as measured, for example, by Billy Barty’s arm and Shaquille O’Neil’s arm.


9 posted on 02/01/2026 1:16:13 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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