Did you know? Distance from London to New York (5,580 km) is 5 x Length of the Fastnet yacht race (1,126 km)
Width of a credit card (54 mm)
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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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