Did you know? Mass of Cessna 172 aircraft (998 kg) is 50 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone (20 kg)
Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m)
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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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