Did you know? Height of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC (169 m) is 4 x Initial height of the world's first skyscraper ? the Home Insurance Building (42 m)
Age of the earliest city (6,500 y)
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If this was a standard unit ...
Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.