Did you know? Length of the Kiel Canal (98 km) is 20 thousand x Length overall of a `49er` racing dinghy (4.88 m)
Diameter of the star Betelgeuse (1.642 billion km)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
Click here to learn more about it.
Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.