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It's about 7,500 times as big as The White House
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The size of The White House is about 1.50 feddans.
(Washington, DC) (including wings)
Housing the presidency, the White House occupies six stories and a total of 1.50 feddans of floor space. This space includes 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, and 3 elevators, as well as a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, and putting green.
It's about one-seven-thousand-five-hundredth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
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The size of The Great Barrier Reef is about 82,800,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 82,800,000 feddans. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Montana
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The size of Montana is about 90,657,750 feddans.
(United States)
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 90,657,750 feddans in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 118,071.820 feddans.
It's about 8,500 times as big as a Football field
The size of a Football field is about 1.2738461880 feddans.
(American) (per NFL regulation)
Per NFL rules, a football field should measure 109.728 m (120 yards) long by 48.768 m wide, for a total area of 1.2738461880 feddans. Due to a blizzard, the first NFL playoff game in 1932 was held indoors in Chicago Stadium (it was also the first indoor game) on a field measuring just 55 m by 40.0 m, for a total area of 0.52370565550 feddans.
It's about one-nine-thousand-five-hundredth as big as California
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The size of California is about 100,925,120 feddans.
(United States)
The "Golden State," California measures 100,925,120 feddans in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).
It's about 10,000 times as big as Bill Gates' Home
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The size of Bill Gates' Home is about 1.065 feddans.
(Medina, Washington)
One of the largest homes in the world, Bill and Melinda Gates' home has a total area of 1.065 feddans, including 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 6 fireplaces, a 0.05475 feddans gym, a 0.02142 feddans dining room, and a 0.04523 feddans library. It was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the same architectural firm responsible for the design of one of Apple Inc's flagship stores on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as big as Texas
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The size of Texas is about 165,591,240 feddans.
(United States)
The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 165,591,240 feddans in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.
It's about 30,000 times as big as a Hockey rink
The size of a Hockey rink is about 0.3610780860 feddans.
(per NHL specification)
Per National Hockey League Official Rules, a hockey rink should measure 60.96 m long by 25.908 m wide with a corner arc radius of 8.5344 m, for a total area of about 0.3610780860 feddans. Ice hockey is believed to have developed from field hockey after players began holding games on ice rinks, which had been traditionally used for the sport of curling.
It's about 35,000 times as big as Manchester Cathedral
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The size of Manchester Cathedral is about 0.29470 feddans.
(a.k.a. Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George) (Manchester, England, United Kingdom) (total interior area of Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory)
Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 0.29470 feddans between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.
It's about one-forty-thousandth as big as Alaska
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The size of Alaska is about 408,931,820 feddans.
(United States)
The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 408,931,820 feddans in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 1,387,820 feddans.
It's about 40,000 times as big as Fort Knox
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The size of Fort Knox is about 0.2810 feddans.
(a.k.a. the United States Bullion Depository, a.k.a. "Gold Vault") (Kentucky)
The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to by the metonym "Fort Knox" (in spite of the fact that the Depository is not located on the Fort proper), measures 32.0 m (105 ft) by 36.9 m (121 ft), for a total area of about 0.2810 feddans. The Depository is most famous for housing the largest portion of the national gold reserve, but has also temporarily housed the original US Declaration of Independence, an original copy of the US Constitution, and other important documents, kept there for safe keeping during World War II.
It's about 90,000 times as big as a Basketball court
The size of a Basketball court is about 0.11798558010 feddans.
(per NBA regulation)
Per NBA rules , a basketball court should measure 29.5656 m long by 16.764 m wide, for a total area of 0.11798558010 feddans. The first basketball game, held in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played on a court half the size of today's NBA standard and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about 150,000 times as big as an IMAX screen
The size of an IMAX screen is about 0.08432 feddans.
(standard)
An IMAX movie theater screen measures 22 m (72 ft) by 16 m (52 ft) for a total area of 0.08432 feddans. Because the film used in an IMAX movie is more than eight times larger than regular film, the platters of a two-and-a-half hour feature film can weigh up to 250 kg (550 lbs).
It's about 150,000 times as big as a Tennis court
The size of a Tennis court is about 0.062100003 feddans.
(per ITF specification; for doubles)
Per International Tennis Federation Rules of Tennis 2009, a doubles tennis court should measure 23.7744 m long by 10.9728 m, for a total area of about 0.062073403 feddans. Courts may be surfaced with crushed red stone, shale, brick, hard-soil grass, or asphalt.
It's about one-two-hundred-thousandth as big as Brazil
The size of Brazil is about 2,026,950,000 feddans.
(a.k.a. Brasil, formally the Federative Republic of Brazil, a.k.a. Rep&blica Federativa do Brasil)
Brazil measures 2,026,950,000 feddans in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).
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