Chain

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems. It is subdivided into 100 links. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long.

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