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Length of the Yangtze River (6,300 km)...

: Length of the Indus River (3,180 km) ...

Length of the Great Wall of China (8,850 km)...

: Length of the Mekong River (4,350 km) ...

Length of South America (North to South) (7,150 km)...

: Length of the Volga River in Russia (3,640 km) ...

World Pole Vault Record (2014) (6.16 m)...

: Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m) ...

Height of Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies (2.21 m)...

: Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies (1.09 m) ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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