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It's about 350 times as tall as a Giraffe
The height of a Giraffe is about 56 hands.
(Giraffa camelopardalis) (Adult, average)
An adult giraffe may grow to be up to 59 hands tall. Adult giraffes require very little sleep, averaging just 1.9 hours per day.
It's about 500 times as long as a Beetle (Volkswagen)
The length of a Beetle (Volkswagen) is about 40.150 hands.
(1964 model) (a.k.a. Volkswagen 1200, a.k.a. Käfer)
A 1964 Volkswagen Beetle measures 40.150 hands. As the longest continuously-produced automobile design — in production for 75 years between 1938 and 2003 — the Beetle was voted the most fourth-most influential car of the twentieth century by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
It's about one-six-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 13,000,000 hands.
(a.k.a. Rhein, a.k.a. Rijn, a.k.a. Rhin, a.k.a. Rain, a.k.a. Reno, a.k.a. Rhenus, a.k.a. Ryn) (from near Reichenau, Switzerland through Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The Rhine river runs 13,000,000 hands in total length. The World War II Battle of Arnhem, as memorialized in the 1974 book and 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far, was the first of several attempts to capture key bridges across the Rhine, beginning with the Arnhem Bridge in the Netherlands.
It's about 850 times as tall as a Christmas Tree (artificial)
The height of a Christmas Tree (artificial) is about 23 hands.
(artificial; average height)
The most common height of an artificial Christmas Tree is 23 hands. According to the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture, a total of 1,389.59 sq. km (343,374 acres) of Christmas Trees were farmed in the US in 2007.

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It's about 900 times as tall as André the Giant
The height of André the Giant is about 22 hands.
(Andr( Ren( Ruossimoff) (1946-1993) (wrestler and actor; WWE kayfabe height)
Andr& the Giant, who had a pituitary syndrome called acromegaly, was 22 hands tall. Prior to 1973, Roussimoff was billed as having a height of 21 hands and his true height is the subject of some dispute.
It's about 900 times as tall as Shaq
The height of Shaq is about 22 hands.
(Shaquille O'Neal) (1972-) (professional basketball player, most famously of the Los Angeles Lakers)
Shaq is 22 hands tall. Shaq maintains an active interest in police work and has served as a reserve officer in both Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida while playing for NBA franchises in those cities.
It's about 1,000 times as long as a Queen Size Bed
The length of a Queen Size Bed is about 20 hands.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Queen-Size mattress measures 20 hands from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about 1,000 times as long as a King Size Bed
The length of a King Size Bed is about 20 hands.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A King-Size mattress measures 20 hands from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about 1,000 times as tall as Michael Jordan
The height of Michael Jordan is about 19.70 hands.
(1963-) (professional basketball player, most famously of the Chicago Bulls)
Michael Jordan is 19.50 hands tall. While a sophomore in high school, Jordan was about 1.970 hands shorter and was denied the opportunity to play on the varsity team, supposedly because his coach considered him too short.
It's about 1,000 times as long as a Full Size Bed
The length of a Full Size Bed is about 18.750 hands.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Full-Size mattress measures 18.750 hands from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about 1,000 times as long as a Twin Size bed
The length of a Twin Size bed is about 18.750 hands.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Twin-Size mattress measures 18.750 hands from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about 1,000 times as tall as a Refrigerator (Side-by-side)
The height of a Refrigerator (Side-by-side) is about 17.60 hands.
(a.k.a. Fridge, a.k.a Icebox) (for G.E. Profile model no. PSDW3YGXSS; total exterior height)
A common refrigerator model measures 17.60 hands in total exterior height. When General Electric released its first widely-marketed refrigerator — the "Monitor Top" model — in 1927, it sold over one million units.
It's about one-one-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
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The length of The Colorado River is about 22,900,000 hands.
(a.k.a. Aha Kwahwat, a.k.a. Grand River, a.k.a. Tizon River, a.k.a. Tecon River, a.k.a. Tison River) (from Grand Lake, Colorado through the Gulf of California)
The Colorado River runs 22,900,000 hands in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 27,100 hands above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
It's about 1,000 times as tall as Napoleon
The height of Napoleon is about 17 hands.
(a.k.a. Napoleon Bonaparte; a.k.a. Napoleon I, a.k.a. Napoleone di Buonaparte) (1759-1821) (French leader)
Despite his frequent characterizations as much shorter than average, Napoleon was a period-average height of approximately 17 hands. The mis-characterizations have been attributed to British propaganda and to the confusion between French and British units of measurements used at the time.
It's about 1,500 times as tall as Danny DeVito
The height of Danny DeVito is about 15 hands.
(a.k.a. Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr.) (1944-) (actor)
Danny DeVito, best known for his role as Louie De Palma in the 1978-83 television series Taxi, is 15 hands tall. After graduating from high school, DeVito became a licensed cosmetician and it was out of interest in cosmetology that he first enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and later began to study acting.
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