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Three Dog Night

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I don't know how much it is actually used, but I believe the number of dogs you would have sleep with you to keep warm is used as an informal measure of nighttime low temperatures. AmigoNico (talk) 16:58, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If Proof strange enough to be here?

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I'm not sure if Proof, the unit of measurement for measuring alcohol by volume in beverages, is fitting for this page. Sure, it's uncommon outside of the bartending or other alcohol related fields, but in my opinion it doesn't feel quite as strange as most of the rest in here 2603:7080:9200:D1C2:FDDD:BF28:F42:A078 (talk) 01:28, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The definition we're using is in the article's lede: "An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit."--Srleffler (talk) 04:28, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]