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Carolingian pound

The Carolingian pound is basically an old way to measure weight, like how much something weighs. Imagine you have a big bowl of your favorite candy. Now, imagine you use a special scale to see how much your candy weighs. That's like using the Carolingian pound to weigh things.

In the past, people didn't have fancy digital scales like we do now. Instead, they used special stones or metal objects to measure weight. These were called weights, and they were made in different sizes. The Carolingian pound was one of these weights.

The Carolingian pound was used a long, long time ago in Europe, around the time of the French king Charlemagne. It was named after him, because he was a very powerful king who wanted everyone in his kingdom to use the same weight system.

The Carolingian pound was based on a standard weight of 409.5 grams, which is about the weight of two big apples. So, if something weighed three Carolingian pounds, that meant it weighed three times as much as the standard weight.

Today, we use different weight measurements like grams and pounds to weigh things. But, the Carolingian pound was an important way for people to standardize weight measurements in the past.