Did you know? Height of the spire of Salisbury cathedral (123 m) is 40 x Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m)
Mass of a South African Krugerrand coin (33.9 g)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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