Side of a classic Monopoly board

Side of a classic Monopoly board (508 mm)

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Side of a classic Monopoly board (508 mm)

  • is 1/4000 of Length of the Kentucky Derby horse race (2 km)...more
  • is 1/2500 of Height of the vertical drop of cliff on Mount Thor, Canada (1.25 km)...more
  • is 1/500 of Length of the longest ski jump ever (2015) (251.5 m)...more
  • is 1/100 of Typical flight of a flying fish (50 m)...more
  • is 1/100 of Length of an Olympic swimming pool (50 m)...more
  • is 1/50 of Length of the Blue Whale skeleton in London's Natural History Museum (25.2 m)...more
  • is 1/40 of Height of the Great Sphinx of Giza (20.21 m)...more
  • is 1/40 of Length of a cricket pitch (20.12 m)...more
  • is 1/25 of Length of a T-65 X-Wing starfighter in the Star Wars movies (12.5 m)...more
  • is 1/20 of Height of a high-diving platform (10 m)...more
  • is 1/10 of Women's World Pole Vault record (5.06 m)...more
  • is 1/10 of Women's Olympic Pole Vault record (2008) (5.05 m)...more
  • is 1/10 of Typical height of a giraffe (5 m)...more
  • is 1/4 of Women's Olympic High Jump record (2.06 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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