Did you know? Length of South America (North to South) (7,150 km) is 1 thousand x Length of the longest canal tunnel (Rove Tunnel in France) (7.12 km)
Length of a basketball court (28 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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