Did you know? Length of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok (9,290 km) is 2.5 x Length of the Mississippi River (3,730 km)
Length of the Kentucky Derby horse race (2 km)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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