PHASES OF THE MOON
eight phases · a full cycle of 29.53 days
SIZE CHARTS
shoes, tops, bottoms — and a centimetre under every grid
SERUM ACTIVES
when to apply, what to keep apart in time, what the season changes
BITS, BYTES, KILOBYTES
two scales · 1000 and 1024 · why a drive looks smaller
HTTP STATUS CODES
five classes · twenty codes you meet every day
NINE DRINKS
the same coffee, different proportions
ARABICA AND ROBUSTA
two species, six varieties, one difference
POST-FERMENTED TEAS
six teas changed by microbes rather than oxygen
MATCHA GRADES
ceremonial, premium, culinary — what is behind the words
PUERH AGEING
sheng and shu · what the years do and when to drink
BLACK TEA
grades, six leaves and four blends · in China it is "red tea"
GREEN TEA
six leaves · water, time, number of steepings
OOLONG
from 15 to 80 % oxidation · leaf shape · seven steepings
SIX KINDS OF TEA
one plant · the oxidation scale · seven processing steps
YELLOW TEA
yellowing under a cover · the step no other tea has
THE ISO 3591 GLASS
the only wine glass with dimensions instead of adjectives
PROTEIN IN FOODS
grams per 100 g · animal and plant · and the state each one was weighed in
TONEWOODS
density, hardness, export · what is measured kept apart from what is taste
THE STEREO FIELD
what stays centred · what is spread · why the low end is not panned
MORSE CODE
26 letters and 10 digits · dot, dash
PHONETIC ALPHABET
the ICAO standard · for radio and telephone
THE BASKETBALL
four FIBA sizes with their circumference and mass — and why the rules set a bounce, not a pressure
FOOTBALL: THE BALL
Law 2, three codes of the game, five sizes and three FIFA quality marks — what a ball must survive
BICYCLE CLASSES
frame, wheel by ISO 5775 and handlebar — three signs of a class, and what the frame is rated for
CAR CLASSES
segments A to F by length and bodies by box count — how to name any car you see