You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
PARASANGS
Noun
parasangs
plural of parasang
Source: Wiktionary
PARASANG
Par"a*sang, n. Etym: [L. parasanga, Gr. farsang.]
Definition: A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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