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It's about 200 times as tall as a Bowling Pin
The height of a Bowling Pin is about 0.50 paces.
(USBC specifications; tenpin)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling pin should be within 0.00104 paces of 0.50 paces in height. The USBC further mandates that certified pins be made of sugar maple wood, unless otherwise approved by the organization.
It's about one-three-hundred-fiftieth as tall as Olympus Mons
The height of Olympus Mons is about 35,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Mount Olympus) (Mars)
The tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons rises to approximately 35,000 paces. The mountain has been known to astronomers since the nineteenth century because it is tall enough to rise above Mars' frequent dust storms.
It's about one-one-thousandth as long as The Panama Canal
Flag of Pamana
The length of The Panama Canal is about 120,000 paces.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 120,000 paces in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 34 paces above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
It's about 1,500 times as tall as a Golf Tee
The height of a Golf Tee is about 0.071 paces.
The most common golf tee size and the length preferred for iron and most wood clubs is 0.071 paces tall. The tee did not come into common use until it was promoted by professional golfers Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, as part of a marketing effort by the patent-holder of the well-known, "Reddy Tee."
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as wide as The English Channel
The width of The English Channel is about 140,000 paces.
(average width between Isle of Ushant and The Walde Lighthouse) (La Manche, Ärmelkanal, Mor Breizh, Mor Bretannek) (a.k.a. The Channel)
The English Channel measures between 140,000 paces, narrowing as it flows northeast. The world speed record for a Channel crossing by swimmer was set by Australian Trent Grimsey in 2012, with a time of 6 hours, 55 minutes.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The 405
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The length of The 405 is about 152,940 paces.
(a.k.a. I-405, Interstate 405, San DIego Freeway) (Southern California)
Running from Irvine to San Fernando, The 405 runs a total of 152,940 paces. The 405 is the most heavily-trafficed freeway in the United States, with an average speed as low as 8 kph during rush hours.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as long as Hadrian's Wall
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The length of Hadrian's Wall is about 160,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Roman Wall, a.k.a. The Wall, a.k.a. Vallo di Adriano, a.k.a. Vallum Aelium, a.k.a. Severus' Wall) (from North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom to Cumbria, North West England, United Kingdom)
Hadrian's Wall, which crossed England form the North Sea to the Irish Sea during the time of Roman rule, measures 160,000 paces (about 79 Roman miles). Roman soldiers — at one time up to 10,000 of them — only occupied Great Britain for about 246 years after the wall was built, after which time the local Brits began to take residence the wall's garrisons.
It's about 5,500 times as long as an Aspirin
The length of an Aspirin is about 0.018 paces.
(for up & up aspirin, 325mg, regular strength tablets) (a.k.a. acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. ASA)
A single aspirin tablet measures 0.018 paces 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-six-thousandth as long as The Grand Canyon
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The length of The Grand Canyon is about 585,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Gran Cañón) (Arizona) (Colorado River miles measure)
The Grand Canyon has a total length of 585,000 paces along the course of the Colorado River at its bottom. Having opened in early 2007, the Grand Canyon Skywalk allows tourists to stand on a horseshoe-shaped glass walkway 1,440 paces above the floor of Granite Gorge.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 1,730,000 paces.
(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 1,730,000 paces 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 one-thirty-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
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The length of The Colorado River is about 3,060,000 paces.
(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 3,060,000 paces in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 3,610 paces above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
It's about one-thirty-five-thousandth as long as The Danube
The length of The Danube is about 3,740,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Donau, a.k.a. Dunaj, a.k.a. Dunav, a.k.a. Duna, a.k.a. Дунав (Dunav), a.k.a. Dunărea, a.k.a. Дунáй (Dunay), a.k.a. Tuna) (from Breg Martinskapelle, Black Forest, Germany through the Danube Delta, Romania)
The Danube river runs 3,740,000 paces in total length. Intersecting Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; and Belgrade, Serbia, the Danube touches more capital cities than any other river.
It's about 45,000 times as wide as a Strand of Spaghetti
The width of a Strand of Spaghetti is about 0.0022 paces.
(average; restaurant and supermarket applications) (based on FMA Omcan Italian Made TR50 Counter Top Pasta Machine Extruder 13317)
An average strand of restaurant-grade spaghetti measures 0.0022 paces in thickness. In 2010, a California Buca di Beppo set a world record by preparing a 13,780-lb bowl of spaghetti, served in a swimming pool.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as long as The Oregon Trail
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The length of The Oregon Trail is about 4,580,000 paces.
(from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon)
The historic Oregon Trail stretched 4,580,000 paces across five (sometimes six) states in the western United States. In the early years of the Trail's existence, the trip was estimated to have taken an average of 160 days.
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as long as The Volga
The length of The Volga is about 4,630,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Волга, a.k.a. İdel (Идел), a.k.a. Атăл (Atăl), a.k.a. Edil, a.k.a. İdil, a.k.a. Рав (Rav)) (from the Valdai Hills, Tver Oblast, Russia through the Caspian Sea)
The largest river in Europe, the Volga river runs 4,630,000 paces in total length. World War II's Battle of Stalingrad between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which resulted in nearly two million casualties, was fought in part for control of the river.
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