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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
smoot
 /smoot/, n.

    [MIT] A unit of length equal five feet seven inches. The length of the
    Harvard Bridge in Boston is famously 364.4 smoots plus an ear (the ear is
    allegedly the width of the earhole in the side of the football helmet the
    victim was wearing when he was rolled over the bridge). This legend began
    with a fraternity prank in 1958 during which the body length of Oliver
    Smoot (class of '62) was actually used to measure out that distance. It is
    commemorated by smoot marks that MIT students repaint every few years; the
    tradition even survived the demolition and rebuilding of the bridge in the
    late 1980s. The Boston police have been known to use smoot markers to
    indicate accident locations on the bridge. Apparently Smoot's experience as
    a unit of measurement led to a life-long career; he eventually became
    Chairman of the Board of the American National Standards Institute, and
    later President of the International Organization for Standardization.


2. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Smoot, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
   Population (2000):    182
   Housing Units (2000): 63
   Land area (2000):     1.710751 sq. miles (4.430824 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.710751 sq. miles (4.430824 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            71440
   Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
   Location:             42.620784 N, 110.912454 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     83126
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Smoot, WY
    Smoot


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