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Height of a high-diving platform

Height of a high-diving platform (10 m)

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If Height of a high-diving platform (10 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Height of the Great Sphinx of Giza (20.21 m)...more would be 2 x Height of a high-diving platform
  • Women's World Pole Vault record (5.06 m)...more would be 1/2 of Height of a high-diving platform
  • Women's Olympic Pole Vault record (2008) (5.05 m)...more would be 1/2 of Height of a high-diving platform
  • Typical height of a giraffe (5 m)...more would be 1/2 of Height of a high-diving platform