According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
FIRLOT
Noun
firlot (plural firlots)
(Scotland) A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks.
Source: Wiktionary
Fir"lot, n. Etym: [Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. to E. four + lot part, portion. See Firkin.]
Definition: A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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