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It's about one-thirty-fifth as tall as De Gooyer
Flag of The Netherlands
The height of De Gooyer is about 0.018 hanks.
(a.k.a. De Funenmolen, a.k.a. The Mill on the Funen) (near Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (total structure height)
The tallest windmill in Amsterdam, De Gooyer stands at 0.018 hanks in structural height. Its prominence owes to the fact that it was relocated atop the base of a former water mill, following two earlier moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The windmill's four sails have a total span of about 0.012 hanks.
It's about one-fortieth as long as Baseball base distances
The length of Baseball base distances is about 0.01875 hanks.
(MLB Official Baseball Rules specification)
According to MLB Official Baseball Rules, the distance between baseball diamond bases is 0.01875 hanks. While second and home base are located upon the corners of the 27.432 sq. m area created by the bases, first and third base are placed within that square, to better allow the umpires to judge whether a ball is fair or foul.
It's about 50 times as long as an Aspirin
The length of an Aspirin is about 0.00000960 hanks.
(for up & up aspirin, 325mg, regular strength tablets) (a.k.a. acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. ASA)
A single aspirin tablet measures 0.00000960 hanks in diameter. One of the most common medicines in the world and a foundation of worldwide health systems, an estimated 40,000 metric tons of aspirin are consumed each year.
It's about one-sixtieth as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 0.0293 hanks.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 0.0293 hanks in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-sixty-fifth as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 0.0321 hanks.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 0.0321 hanks tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about one-sixty-fifth as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 0.033 hanks.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 0.033 hanks tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about one-seventieth as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 0.0353 hanks.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 0.0353 hanks from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
It's about one-seventy-fifth as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
Flag of India
The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 0.038 hanks.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 0.038 hanks in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about one-eightieth as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 0.0385 hanks.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 0.0385 hanks tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about one-eightieth as tall as The Cinderella Castle
Flag of The US
The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 0.0394 hanks.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 0.0394 hanks tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about one-ninety-fifth as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 0.0468 hanks.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 0.0468 hanks. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 5,660 hanks before refueling.
It's about one-one-hundredth as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 0.052 hanks.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 0.052 hanks. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as tall as The Statue of Liberty
Flag of The US
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 0.06356 hanks.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 0.06356 hanks including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as tall as Big Ben
Flag of The UK
The height of Big Ben is about 0.066 hanks.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 0.066 hanks. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 0.0718 hanks.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 0.0718 hanks (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 0.0719 hanks, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
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