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  1. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    1: [[Image:031002 RushLimbaugh.jpg|right|Rush Limbaugh]]
    21: [[Image:RushLimbaugh.jpg|thumb|left|Rush Limbaugh in the early 1990s.]]
    46: ...s diets and his weight dropped down to around 270 pounds.
    74: ...mage:Rush Limbaugh Newsweek cover October 20 2003.jpg|thumb|146px|[[Newsweek]] cover on [[October 20]],...
    104: [[Image:limbaugh.jpg|thumb|left|Photo from RushLimbaugh.com]]
  2. Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
    9: ...rary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism."
  3. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
    1: ...ge:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A young '''Florence Nightin...
    25: ...]. Her father had given her an annual income of [[Pound Sterling|?]]500 (roughly $50,000 in present terms...
    79: [[Image:florence_nightingale.jpg|frame|right|'''Florence Nightingale''' in later l...
  4. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Harriet_Tubman_pic.jpg|thumb|225px|Harriet Tubman in 1880, Image provded...
    5: ...luding an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in her direction, striking her in the head...
  5. Lavender (3889 bytes)
    3: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Lavender02.jpg|240px]] | caption = Lavender flowers}}
    19: [[image:lavender-flowers.jpg|left|thumb|Lavender flowers]]
    24: [[Image:Topped lavender.jpg|thumb|left|Topped lavender]]
    29: ... times the blossoms were sold for 100 denarii per pound, which was about the same as months wage for a fa...
    34: [[image:LavendarFlower.jpg|thumb|right|Flower of cultivated lavender; ''Lava...
  6. Ukulele (6345 bytes)
    17: [[Image:UkuleleZiegfeldGal.jpg|thumb|Ukulele being played by a [[Ziegfeld Follie...
    46: ...usually green in colour (and apparently about 50[[pound|lb]] test).
  7. Egypt (18830 bytes)
    43: | [[Egyptian Pound]] (LE/?E/EGP)
    67: [[Image:Egypt_clipart.jpg|thumb|200px|Egypt Clipart provided by [http://cla...
    77: [[Image:Pyramids.jpg|thumb|right|The Pyramids of Giza are at the heart...
    130: ...e [[Coptic Church]]]][[Image:Egypt south of Cairo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Egyptian countryside, south of ...
    158: [[Image:EgyptianDesert.JPG|thumb|left|A great part of Egypt's landmass is de...
  8. People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
    1: [[Image:China_8.jpg|thumb|250px|]]The '''People's Republic of China''...
    3: [[Image:China_xiam.jpg|thumb|250px]]
    12: [[Image:Greatwall_china3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
    34: [[Image:China%2C_Mao_%282%29.jpg|thumb|left|230px|[[Mao Zedong]] declares the foun...
    55: [[Image:Clinton and jiang.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Jiang Zemin]] and [[Bill Clin...
  9. Lebanon (34225 bytes)
    48: | [[Lebanese pound]] (LBP)
    107: [[Image:cedar_revolution_20050228.jpg|thumb|A sea of Lebanese flags carried by anti-gov...
  10. South Africa (40100 bytes)
    28: [[Image:JanVanRiebeckArrival.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Painting of a fictional account...
    34: ...British government agreed to assume the [[British Pound|?]]3,000,000 war debt owed by the Afrikaner gover...
    38: [[Image:Apartheid sign.JPG|thumb|right|300px|A formerly common sign through ...
    47: [[Image:SouthAfricanNationalAssembly.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[National Assembly of Sout...
    65: [[Image:CentralPretoria.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The central area of [[Pretoria]...
  11. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    49: ...otnotes = <sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Irish pound]]
    161: ...m in January [[1999]] (leaving behind the [[Irish pound]]) along with ten other EU nations. This period o...
  12. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    38: currency = [[Pound Sterling|British pound]] (&pound;) |
    73: [[Image:British Empire 1897.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The British Empire in 1897.]]
    87: | | [[Image:Ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|182px|left|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II]]
    89: | [[Image:Tonyblair1.jpg|thumb|182px|left|The Prime Minister, Tony Blair]]
    107: [[Image:Palace.of.westminster.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Palace of Westminster]], on the...
  13. Beekeeping (6363 bytes)
    10: [[Image:Bee_pollen.jpg|left|250px|Bee loaded with pollen.Image provded b...
    27: [[Image:Bee_comb.jpg|thumb|right|Image provded by [http://classroomcli...
    29: ...eekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to re...
  14. Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
    9: [[Image:Lupaegemelli.jpg|framed|right|The female wolf, feeding the baby tw...
    17: ...can Rome by William R Shepherd (died 1934) edited.jpg|thumb|200px|A map of Republican Rome.]]
    57: [[Image:Jupiter-God.jpg|frame|A sculpture of the King of gods, [[Jupiter ...
    108: [[Image:Maximinus_denarius.jpg|right|frame|A [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[denarius]]...
    117: ...As]]) had a face value of a [[Pound#Origins|Roman pound]] of copper, but weighed less (according to [[Mom...
  15. Human (48024 bytes)
    47: ... this generic meaning, as demonstrated by such compounds as ''wifman'' (&ldquo;female person&rdquo;) &rar...
    78: [[Image:Two young girls at Camp Christmas Seals.jpg|thumb|250px|Two young girls]]
    84: ...ation]] period, with typically 3-4 kilograms (6-9 pounds) in weight and 50-60 centimetres (20-24 inches) ...
    96: [[Image:skeleton.jpg|thumbnail|130px|left|A [[human skeleton]]]]
    102: ... and the mean weight is 62 [[kilogram|kg]] (137 [[pound|lb]]). North American adult males are typically l...
  16. World War I (62979 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Chateau Wood Ypres 1917.jpg|thumb|300px|Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the [...
    11: [[Image:Guetteur au poste de l'飬use 26.jpg|right|framed|[[Haut-Rhin]], France 1917<br>See [h...
    45: [[Image:Map 1914 WWI Alliances.jpg|thumb|350px|This map of Europe on the eve of Worl...
    75: [[Image:SoldiersWWI.jpg|right|frame|In the trenches]]
    105: [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-22.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Austro-Hungarian prisoners of w...
  17. American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Bear9738.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
    20: ...y weigh between 200 and 450 g (between 7 oz and 1 pound) at birth. The adult black bear has small eyes, ...
    28: [[Image:Sfo_807_355_1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classr...
    45: [[Image:YS_71506_241.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classr...
    148: ...in Wisconsin in 1885. The reported weight was 802 pounds.
  18. Pressure (9004 bytes)
    43: ... in use in some parts of the world) include the [[pound-force]] per square [[inch]] ([[PSI]]) and the [[b...
    47: ...it, unless you want to add similar comments about pounds-force and tons-force, etc. As written, the stat...
    63: ...mary and [[Foot-pound-second system of units|foot-pound-second]] units:
    64: ...s-force (long), pounds-force, ounces-force, and [[poundal]]s per square inch
    65: **Pounds-force, tons-force(short) and tons-force (long) p...
  19. Banknote (6576 bytes)
    1: [[Image:UlsterBank20.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A &pound;20 Ulster Bank banknote.]]
    28: [[Image:Australian $10 note 1988.jpg|right|thumb|The first polymer banknote, the 1988 ...
  20. Cheetah (6461 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Cheetah.jpg|200px|Cheetah]] | caption = }}
    17: ...weighs from 40 to 65 [[kilogram|kg]] (90 to 140 [[pound|lb]]). Its total body length is from 112 to 135 c...
    31: [[image:Zoo 4 bg 11302.jpg|thumb|250px|A cheetah at the Wild Animal Park.]]
    39: [[Image:5 cheetah.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Cheetah lying down, Kenya Africa...
  21. Coyote (4265 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Coyote.jpg|200px|Coyote]] | caption =}}
    20: ...ce compared to the massive 34 to 57 kg (75 to 125-pound) stockiness of the bigger canid. The coyote is an...
    25: [[Image:Coyote a.jpg|250px|left|Coyote]]
  22. Shot put (2126 bytes)
    6: ...ted States|American]] high schools usually use 12 pound (5.44 kg) shots for boys and 4 kg shots for girls...
  23. Coral reef (11599 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Coral_reef_2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Some of the [[biodiversity]] of...
    19: [[Image:star_fish_3.jpg|thumb|300px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
    24: [[Image:Coral-reef-bioerosion.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|''Bioerosion'' (coral damage...
    30: ...tices of the live fish trade. Fishermen sometimes pound on the reef with crowbars and rocks to scare fish...
    36: [[Image:Coral reef phillippine islands.jpg|thumb|350px|coral reef philippine islands ]]
  24. Mellotron (7426 bytes)
    22: ...s]], and ''Foxtrot'' and ''Selling England By The Pound'' by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]. [[Led Zeppelin]]...
  25. National Football League (30340 bytes)
    161: *'''[[Dawg Pound]]''' -- Name of the bleacher section behind the e...
  26. Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
    1: [[Image:B_arnold.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Benedict Arnold. Image provided...
    29: ..., New York]] to the British for [[Pound sterling|&pound;]]20,000 (about [[United States dollar|$]]1,000,0...
    35: ...d, with West Point never captured, received only &pound;6,000. Arnold died in 1801 and is buried, with h...
  27. Ballista (1776 bytes)
    9: ...]s &mdash; these could be as heavy as a 200-300 [[pound]] (90-135 [[kg]]).
    17: [[image:Ballista.JPG|thumbnail|400px|A relatively small-scale ballista...
  28. Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|thumb|200px|First flight, December 17, 1903.]]
    2: [[Image:Wilbur Wright.jpg|thumb|Wilbur Wright]]
    3: [[Image:Orville Wright.jpg|thumb|Orville Wright]]
    24: [[Image:Stamp-ctc-first-flight.jpg|right|thumb|USPS stamp depicting the "first fligh...
    27: ...(340 kg), and sported a 12 horsepower (9 kW), 170 pound (77 kg) engine.
  29. Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Roller_coaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical roller coaster]]
    7: [[Image:Roller_Coaster-Movie_World_Australia.jpg|left|thumb|A roller coaster at Movie World, Austr...
    29: [[Image:Topdragster1.jpg|190px|thumb|right|Top Thrill Dragster, the world'...
    38: ...ercoaster_expedition_geforce_holiday_park_germany.jpg|thumb|Riding ''Expedition GeForce'']]
    43: ... similar accident occurred in [[2004]] when a 230 pound (100 kg) man with cerebral palsy was permitted to...
  30. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1287: *[[Roscoe Pound]], (1870-1964){{fn|R}}
  31. Jaguar (9341 bytes)
    19:
    21: ...r teeth. "They are powerful enough to drag an 800-pound bull 25 feet in its jaws and pulverize the heavie...
    30: [[Image:Panthera onca.jpg|thumb|right|A Jaguar in a wildlife rescue & rehab...
    33: ...unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Jaguars.jpg|left|thumb|Jaguars have very powerful jaws.]] -->
    36: ...h as they progress in age. Jaguar eat up to 10-70 pounds of food.
  32. Yo-yo (9646 bytes)
    14: [[Image:yoyo_ca500bc.jpg|right|framed|National Museum, Athens]]The yo-yo i...
    33: [[Image:Us yoyo national 1a.jpg|left|thumb|155px|A 1A division finalist at the 20...
    34: [[Image:Us yoyo national 2a.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A 2A division finalist at the 2...
    53: ...ing the earlier slang of [[quid]] for the [[Irish pound]].
  33. Causes of the Great Depression (21364 bytes)
    26: ...the UK and the many other nations that used the [[Pound Sterling]] as their national unit of account.
    70: ...xchange restrictions, it set the new price of the Pound Sterling at parity with the pre-war price. At the...
  34. Platypus (21900 bytes)
    2: ...obox_image | image = [[Image:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg|200px]]| caption = Platypus}}
    22: ... over two kilograms (just under four and one half pounds); with body length ranging from 30 to 40 [[centi...
    23: [[Image:Tak_platypus.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Platypus Image provided by [http...
  35. Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
    18: .... He set up a new standard, the [[livre]] (i.e. [[pound]])&mdash; both monetary and unit of weight&mdash;...
    22: [[Image:Autograph of Charlemagne.jpg|left|thumb|Autograph of Charlemagne]]
    26: [[Image:Gardiner814.jpg|right|thumb|Europe at the death of Charles The Gr...
    38: [[Image:Charlemagne.jpg|right|thumb|Statue of Charlemagne in Frankfurt, ...
    49: [[Image:D?arl der grosse.jpg|left|thumb|Charlemagne, portrait by [[Albrecht D?...
  36. Byzantine coinage (4605 bytes)
    9: [[Image:ByzantineBillonTrachy.jpg|thumb|left|Billon trachy of [[Andronicus I]], [[1...
    10: ...full weight solidus was struct at 72 to the Roman pound, roughly 4.48 grams in weight. It was the model f...
  37. Lithium (11359 bytes)
    28: ...ign="center" | silvery white/grey<br>[[Image:Li,3.jpg|125px|]]
    132: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    144: ...lloy]]ing agent used to synthesize [[organic]] compounds.
    160: [[Image:LithiumPelletsUSGOV.jpg|thumb|left|Lithium pellets (covered in white lith...
    161: ...found bound with one or more other elements or compounds. It forms a minor part of almost all [[igneous]...
  38. Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
    29: ... align="center" | Silvery white<br>[[Image:Hg,80b.jpg|125px|]]
    183: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    184: ...nt are +1 and +2. Rare instances of +3 mercury compounds exist.
    186: ...ercury is the "flask," which [[mass|weighs]] 76 [[pound|lb]] (34.5 kg).
    191: *[[Thimerosal]], an organic compound used as a preservative in [[vaccine]]s and tattoo...
  39. Scandium (10820 bytes)
    22: ...<td align="center">Silvery white<br>[[Image:Sc,21.jpg|125px|]]</td></tr>
    106: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    121: ...lectrode]]s in a [[graphite]] crucible. The first pound of 99% pure scandium metal wasn't produced until ...
  40. Silicon (13233 bytes)
    44: ...de]] (also known as silica) and [[silicate]]s (compounds containing silicon, oxygen and metals). Silicon ...
    45: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    58: ...dical materials]] - [[Silicone]]s are flexible compounds containing silicon-[[oxygen]] and silicon-[[carb...
    63: ...mistaken by [[Humphry Davy]] in [[1800]] for a compound. In [[1811]] [[Gay Lussac]] and [[Louis Jacques T...
    82: ...on cost about [[United States dollar|$]] 0.56 per pound ($1.23/kg).[http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pub...
  41. Sodium (8714 bytes)
    47: ... [[alkali metal]]s that is abundant in natural compounds (especially [[halite]]).
    49: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    60: ...ester]]s and in the manufacture of [[organic]] compounds. This alkali metal is also a component of [[sodi...
    68: [[NaCl]], a compound of sodium ions and [[chloride]] ions, is an impor...
    71: ...for the [[neo-Latin]] name for a common sodium compound named ''natrium'', which comes from the [[Greek l...
  42. Tellurium (8984 bytes)
    28: ..."center" | silvery lustrous gray<br>[[Image:Te,52.jpg|125px|]]
    173: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provi...
    200: ... [[2000]] was [[United States dollar|US$]] 14 per pound.
    204: == Compounds ==
    205: ...nd [[selenium]] and forms similar compounds. A compound with metal or hydrogen and similar ions is called...
  43. Asian Elephant (3677 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Elephas_maximus.jpg|250px|Asian Elephant]] | caption =}}
    15: ...[pound#Pound (avoirdupois) or international pound|pound]]s) in weight.
    16: [[Image:Thailand_elephant.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Asian Elephants in Thailand. Ima...
  44. Siberian Husky (8100 bytes)
    6: |[[Image:Husky_L.jpg|250px|thumb|none|Four-year-old grey and white Sib...
    47: ...rian Husky''' is a medium-sized [[dog]], 35 to 60 pounds (16 to 27 kg) in weight, 20 to 23.5 inches (51 t...
    69: ...maller, faster and more enduring than the 100 120 pound (45 to 54 kg) freighting dogs then in general use...
    82: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]]
  45. Dog (69384 bytes)
    4: ...ox_image | image = [[Image:Norwegian Elkhound 600.jpg|249px]] | caption = '''[[Norwegian Elkhound]]'''<...
    22: [[Image:Wild dog fence.jpg|thumb|Wild dogs are shot by farmers in an effort ...
    26: [[Image:Shepador_Chewer.JPG|thumb|Puppies engage in [[teething]] on almost an...
    32: [[Image:Weimaraner wb.jpg|thumb|Dogs are predators suited to chasing after,...
    41: ... the oversimplified obvious, ''i.e.'' chemical compounds that affect chemical sensors in the nose, what a...
  46. Great Dane (5068 bytes)
    6: |[[Image:Great Dane 600.jpg|thumb|250px|none|Fawn coat color]]
    54: [[Image:Great-Dane wo Background.jpg|thumb|left|Harlequin coat color]]
    73: [[Image:Great_Dane_puppy.jpg|thumb|left|Puppy with mantle coat]]
    76: ...ults in less energy and less food consumption per pound of dog than in small breeds.
    82: [[Image:IMG013biglittledogFX wb.jpg|thumb|left|The brindle coat can be lightly brindl...
  47. Yorkshire Terrier (5765 bytes)
    6: |[[Image:Gabby.JPG|thumb|250px|none|A Yorkshire Terrier.]]
    45: ...deed, usually not weighing more than about 5 or 6 pounds (less than 3kg.)
    53: [[Image:Meshi1ac.jpg|thumb|Yorkie puppy before developing the characte...
    63: ...the "Broken-Haired Scotch Terrier" was a 12-to-14 pound dog with wire hair whose intended purpose was the...
    69: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]]
  48. Boxing (29727 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Armedforces_boxing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxin...
    19: [[Image:Boxing_clipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomcl...
    35: ...Lightweight (10 stone), Middleweight (11 stone, 4 pounds) and Heavyweight (no limit). By [[1902]], Americ...
    103: ...ords that would stand for decades.[[Image:Ali dvd.jpg|thumb|right|Muhammad Ali towering over [[Sonny Li...
    109: ...e of the era's most memorable contests. Pound for pound he is regarded by many boxing pundits as the grea...
  49. New Year's Day (5455 bytes)
    3: [[Image:New_year_clipart_23.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroom...
    23: * In [[New York City]], the world famous 1,070-pound, 6-foot-diameter [[Waterford crystal]] ball locat...
  50. New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
    1: [[Image:New_year_clipart_23.jpg||thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroo...
    23: ...s a major component of the celebration. The 1,070-pound, 6-foot-diameter [[Waterford crystal]] ball locat...
  51. Brown Bear (9756 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:YS_71506_241.jpg|200px]] | caption = Brown bear rearing}}
    16: ...kg|130&#8211;700&nbsp;kg]] (300&#8211;1500&nbsp;[[pound]]s). The '''grizzly bear''', the '''Kodiak bear'...
    23: [[Image:Sfo_807_355_1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Clipart provided by [http://clas...
    27: ...nal]] and in the summer puts on up to 180 kg (400 pounds) of [[fat]], on which it relies to make it throu...
    34: ...es produce one to four young which weigh only one pound at birth.
  52. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time a...
    14: [[Image:Charles Darwin 1816.jpg|thumb|A seven-year old Charles Darwin in 1816]]
    62: [[Image:Emma Darwin.jpg|thumb|Emma Darwin, Charles' wife]]
    73: [[Image:Charles and William Darwin.jpg|thumb|Charles Darwin and his son [[William Erasmu...
    89: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|right|frame|Charles Robert Darwin in 1854, five y...
  53. Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
    6: ...lign="center" colspan=2>[[image:benjamin_harrison.jpg|Benjamin Harrison]]
    42: ...s within the United States were given two cents a pound bounty on their production.
  54. William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
    3: | image name=William Howard Taft.jpg
    29: ...ho installed it. At 6 feet, and weighing over 350 pounds, Taft was the largest and heaviest President. T...
    43: ...ing the Presidency Taft had lost approximately 60 pounds and his [[hypersomnolence]] resolved, though he ...
    100: [[Image:1925 U.S. Supreme Court Justices.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The U.S. Supreme Court in [[192...
  55. Screw (22059 bytes)
    4: [[Image:screws.jpg|frame|Screws come in a variety of shapes and size...
    27: ...rand Coulee Dam, 1942.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A 193-pound nut and bolt, one of 16 used to join sections of ...
    128: [[Image:Screws - tamper resistant slotted.jpg|thumb|75px|one-way slotted screw]]
  56. Cat (30067 bytes)
    3: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Cat_outside.jpg|200px|A cat in the botanical gardens in Buenos Ai...
    23:
    32: [[Image:Cat_eye.jpg|thumb|left|230px|A close-up of a cat's [[eye]].]]
    48: [[Image:White_Cat_Nursing_Four_Kittens_HQ.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Four kittens being [[breastfeed...
    54: [[Image:Cat_yawning.jpg|right|thumb|230px|A cat [[yawn]]ing, showing char...
  57. Lettuce (5469 bytes)
    2: ...x_image | image = [[image:Salinas iceberg lettuce.jpg|250px|Salinas iceberg lettuce]] | caption = Salin...
    35: [[Image:Lettuces.JPG|thumbnail|left|Some lettuce varieties]]
    52: ...he largest lettuce head was one that weighed 25 [[Pound|lb]] (11 [[Kilogram|kg]]), of the Salad Bowl vari...
  58. Tobacco (28162 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Tobacco.jpg|Tobacco plants]] | caption = Tobacco plants}}
    16: ...]] are the result of concentrated forms of the compound used as [[insecticide]]s. Other active alkaloids...
    18: ...tobacco use, however, include [[carcinogen]]ic compounds in tobacco and tobacco smoke. Many jurisdictions...
    20: [[Image:Native_American_tobacco_flower.jpg|thumb|200px|left| Native American Tobacco flower ...
    28: ...o improve the quality of tobacco. By 1620, 40,000 pounds of tobacco were shipped to England. By the time ...
  59. Asian Elephants (3912 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Elephas_maximus.jpg|250px|Asian Elephant]] | caption =}}
    15: ...[pound#Pound (avoirdupois) or international pound|pound]]s) in weight.
    23: [[Image:Elephant_th.jpg|thumb|Asian Elephant, Chiange Mae, Thailand. Pict...
  60. Cheetahs (6461 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Cheetah.jpg|200px|Cheetah]] | caption = }}
    17: ...weighs from 40 to 65 [[kilogram|kg]] (90 to 140 [[pound|lb]]). Its total body length is from 112 to 135 c...
    31: [[image:Zoo 4 bg 11302.jpg|thumb|250px|A cheetah at the Wild Animal Park.]]
    39: [[Image:5 cheetah.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Cheetah lying down, Kenya Africa...
  61. Jaguars (9017 bytes)
    18:
    20: ...r teeth. "They are powerful enough to drag an 800-pound bull 25 feet in its jaws and pulverize the heavie...
    29: [[Image:Panthera onca.jpg|thumb|right|A Jaguar in a wildlife rescue & rehab...
    32: ...unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Jaguars.jpg|left|thumb|Jaguars have very powerful jaws.]] -->
    35: ...h as they progress in age. Jaguar eat up to 10-70 pounds of food.
  62. Lobsters (8756 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Lobster.jpg|250px]] | caption = ''[[American lobster|Homarus ...
    39: ...230 [[millimetre|mm]]) long and weighs 1.5 to 2 [[pound]]s (700 to 900 [[gramme|g]]). Lobsters grow throu...
  63. Mustelids (5262 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:WEASEL.JPG]] | caption = Longtail Weasel}}
    17: ...ve in the high Arctic; to the [[wolverine]], a 50 pound (23&nbsp;kg) animal that can dispatch [[reindeer]...
  64. New Guinea Singing Dog (1528 bytes)
    2: ...inch]]es at the [[withers]], and weigh 17 to 30 [[pound]]s as adults.
    6: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]]
  65. Saiga (2981 bytes)
    18: ...rns are shipped to China, where they sell for $45/pound ($100 per kilogram) and Chinese people grind them...
  66. Sea Lamprey (9084 bytes)
    2: ...Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Sea_Lamprey_mouth.jpg|250px]] | caption = The mouth of a [[Sea Lamprey]...
    100: ...ll a highly prized delicacy and fetch up to $25 a pound. Overfishing has reduced their number in those pa...
  67. Silkworm Moth (4931 bytes)
    19: ... Palmer (Fieldbook Of Natural History, 1949), one pound of silk represents about 1,000 miles of filament....
  68. Vicunas (3821 bytes)
    2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Peruvian vicuna.jpg|150px]] | caption = }}
    15: ...ll amounts of extremely fine wool &#8211; about a pound per year. The Incas raised Vicuñas for their woo...
  69. Adasaurus (1845 bytes)
    19: ... dog , Adasaurus weighed only 33 [[pound (weight)|pounds]] (15 [[kilogram]]s) and may have had feathers. ...
  70. Energy (16265 bytes)
    3: ...ervable. However, if you are holding up the fifty pound weight instead of the statue the need for energy ...
    5: ...rgy. In the previous example of holding the fifty pound weight, the work you perform to raise the weight ...
    21: ...its]] for both energy and work include the [[foot-pound]] (1.3558&nbsp;J), the [[British thermal unit]] (...
  71. Estrela Mountain Dog (872 bytes)
    4: ... shorthaired one. They weigh between 66 and 110 [[pound]]s and grow to a height of 24.5 to 28.5 [[inch]]e...
    9: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]]
  72. Miniature Pinscher (4638 bytes)
    6: |[[Image:Roodog2-pavlov.jpg|thumb|250px|none|Miniature Pinscher]]
    54: ...about 2.3 to about 4.5 [[kilogram|kg]] (5 to 10 [[pound|lb]]).
    63: [[image:Roodog2k-ivan-and-boxer.JPG|thumb|left|Socialization can never begin too earl...
    78: [[Image:TN dog 183C.jpg|100px]]
  73. Roman economy (23678 bytes)
    9: [[Image:Maximinus denarius.jpg|left|frame|A [[denarius]] by [[Maximinus]].]]
    10: ...at the beginning of the Roman Empire to around 18 Pound Sterling (US$25) by its end (comparing bread, win...
    14: ...t century AD an [[As (coin)|as]] could only buy a pound of bread or a litre of cheap [[wine]] (or accordi...
    34: [[Image:7antoninianii.jpg||thumbnail|left|400px|''Antoniniani''<br>Row 1: [...
    41: ...ns: an aureus struck at the standard of 60 to the pound, a new silver coin struck at the old Neronian sta...
  74. Space Shuttle program (41074 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Shuttle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Space Shuttle Columbia seco...
    22: ... others. The DC-3 was a small craft with a 20,000-pound (9 tonnes) (or less) payload, a four-man crew, an...
    24: [[image:ShuttlePlumeAtSunset.jpg|thumb|left|Shuttle Launch at Sunset. The sun is b...
    27: ... were quite large, weighing an estimated 40,000 [[pound]]s (18 [[tonne]]s), and needed to be put into [[p...
    29: ...nnes) delivery to polar orbit equates to a 65,000-pound (29 tonnes) delivery to a "normal" 28-degree equa...
  75. Cyprus (16721 bytes)
    35: currency = [[Cyprus Pound]] |
    103: [[Image:modis_cyprus_lrg.jpg|right|thumb|300px|MODIS Satellite Image of Cyprus...
  76. Vegetarianism (28920 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Vegetarian diet.jpg|thumb|166px|A selection of produce typical of a v...
    97: ... 14 gallons whereas the water needed to produce a pound of beef is 441 gallons. More than half of the wat...
  77. Bicycle (44267 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Kusuma bike large.jpg|thumb|300px|This ''[[Racing bicycle|racing bicycl...
    3: [[Image:Mountain bicycle.jpg|thumb|300px|This ''[[Mountain bike|mountain bicyc...
    14: [[Image:bicycle_two_1886.jpg|thumb|280px|Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1...
    21: ''[[Image:BicyclePlymouth.jpg|left|thumb|Bicycle in Victorian Plymouth, with a ...
    28: ''[[Image:BikesInAmsterdam_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg|right|thumb|Present day: Bikes still popular in A...
  78. Apple pie (6320 bytes)
    19: ...nd (costing between one and two [[shilling]]s a [[pound]] &mdash; one source claims that this is roughly ...
    38: [[Image:Motherhood and apple pie.jpg|250px|thumb|''Apple pie shown alongside [[United ...
  79. Muscle (12774 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Skeletal muscle.jpg|right|300px|thumbnail|A top-down view of skeletal...
    83: ...then a shorter muscle will be stronger "pound for pound" (i.e. by weight) than a longer muscle. The [[ute...

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