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Direct distance from Cape Town to Cairo (7,250 km)...

: Length of the longest canal tunnel (Rove Tunnel in France) (7.12 km) ...

Length of the Kentucky Derby horse race (2 km)...

: Length of a `king-size` bed (1.98 m) ...

Length of Central Park (NYC) (4 km)...

: Length of a classic Volkswagen `Beetle` car (4.08 m) ...

Height of Table Moutain, Cape Town (1.085 km)...

: 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.

Click here to learn more about it.

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