Dublin Whiskey Fire
> The fire is believed to have started in Laurence Malone's bonded storehouse on the corner of Ardee Street, where 5,000 hogsheads (262,500 imperial gallons or 1,193,000 litres or 315,200 US gallons) of whiskey were being stored...Hogsheads sound like a fictional unit of measure made up to mock the imperial system.