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Is 12 furlongs as long as General Tom Thumb?

It's about 2,500 times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 0.0045 furlongs.
(a.k.a. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) (circus performer; height at death)
General Tom Thumb was an LP with a height (at his death) of 0.0045 furlongs. Thumb stopped growing at 0.0032 furlongs when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
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