Did you know? Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m) is 25 x Height of a ice-hockey goal (1.2 m)
Direct distance from Cape Town to Cairo (7,250 km)
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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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