Measurements included in the first commercial standard for women's clothing (National Institute of Standards and Technology) The standard included the first modern women's clothing size charts, and it provides the first data points in the charts above. Women's sizes ranged from 8 to 42. A size 8 woman had a bust of 31 inches, a 23.5 inch waist, and a weight of 98 pounds. The government updated these standards again in 1970.
Nowadays, practically everyone knows who this team of American superheroes is, especially after the mutantsâ appearance in countless films, cartoons, video games, and books. With over 270 million sales, Stan Leeâs X-Men is one of the most popular comic book series in history.
The all-time most popular books in the world revealed. The numbers have been crunched and the list for the best selling books of all time has been revealed. Website lovereading.co.uk collated the figures for the number of editions, translations and copies sold of the world's most popular books, including fiction and non-fiction. The Holy Quran came out on top with over 3 billion prints, followed by The King James Bible with over 2.5 billion copies sold.