Convert marathon to pouce de Roi (French inch)
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Definition and details for marathon:
Marathon is a long distance foot race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers. The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, who was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that Greeks won Persians in the battle of Marathon, in which he had just fought. Pheidippides ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "ΝΕΝΙΚΗΚΑΜΕΝ" (We have won.) before collapsing and dying.
Definition and details for pouce de Roi (French inch):
"Pouce de Roi" is the Paris inch. This traditional unit of lengh is equal to 750/27706 meter or about 27.07 mm. The Paris inch could be subdivided into 12 ligne (the Paris line), and 12 Paris inches made a Paris foot.