How long is 23 ells?
It's about fourteen-and-a-half times as tall as a Refrigerator (Side-by-side)
The height of a Refrigerator (Side-by-side) is about 1.570 ells.
(a.k.a. Fridge, a.k.a Icebox) (for G.E. Profile model no. PSDW3YGXSS; total exterior height)
A common refrigerator model measures 1.570 ells 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 fifteen times as tall as Napoleon
The height of Napoleon is about 1.50 ells.
(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 1.50 ells. 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 one-fifteenth as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 395.40 ells.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 395.40 ells to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 100.60 ells deep.
It's about eighteen times as tall as Danny DeVito
The height of Danny DeVito is about 1.30 ells.
(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 1.30 ells 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.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 430 ells.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
It's about nineteen times as tall as Gary Coleman
The height of Gary Coleman is about 1.20 ells.
(a.k.a. Gary Wayne Coleman) (1978-2009) (actor)
Gary Coleman, most famous for his role as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes was 1.20 ells tall. His small stature was a result of a congenital kidney disease. Coleman worked as a security guard since following his career as an actor.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The Willis Tower
The height of The Willis Tower is about 455 ells.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
It's about twenty times as tall as Matt Roloff
The height of Matt Roloff is about 1.10 ells.
(1961-) (actor and reality television star)
Matt Roloff, most famous for his role on the reality television show Little People, Big World, is an LP with a height of 1.10 ells. In 1985, Roloff stared as an Ewok — one of the small, woodland creatures from the Star Wars franchise — in the movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
It's about one-twentieth as tall as The CN Tower
The height of The CN Tower is about 484.10 ells.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 484.10 ells tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about twenty times as tall as Hervé Villechaize
The height of Hervé Villechaize is about 1 ells.
(a.k.a. Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize) (1943-1993) (actor)
Hervé Villechaize, most famous for his role as Tattoo on the 1978-84 television series Fantasy Island, was an LP with a height of 1 ells. Villechaize's form of dwarfism, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia-brachydactyly and distinctive speech (SED-BDS), is also known as "Tattoo dysplasia" or "Fantasy Island syndrome."
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as a Canton Tower
The height of a Canton Tower is about 530 ells.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
It's about twenty times as tall as Kenny Baker
The height of Kenny Baker is about 0.960 ells.
(a.k.a. Kenneth George Baker) (1934-2016) (actor)
Kenny Baker, most famous for his role as R2-D2 in the Star Wars film franchise, was an LP with a height of 0.960 ells. Baker and his wife, Eileen, both made brief appearances as the small, woodland creatures known as Ewoks in the 1984 Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (a.k.a. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi).
It's about thirty times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 0.80 ells.
(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 0.80 ells. Thumb stopped growing at 0.560 ells when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
It's about one-thirtieth as tall as Gocta Falls
The height of Gocta Falls is about 675 ells.
(a.k.a. Gocta Cataracts, a.k.a. Catarata del Gocta) (Amazonas, Peru) (total height)
Gocta Falls, a waterfall on the Cocahuayco River, measures 675 ells in total height. Although it sits just 36,700 ells from the major city of Chachapoyas, the waterfall was unknown to non-locals until it was documented during a 2005 expedition by a German economist.
It's about one-thirtieth as tall as Burj Dubai
The height of Burj Dubai is about 724 ells.
(formally Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Dubai Tower, a.k.a. برج خليفة) (Dubai, UAE) (to roof)
Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world, stands 724 ells to its roof. The tower also holds the current records for the world's highest Islamic mosque — at approximately 505 ells on the 158th floor (of 163 floors) — and the world's tallest outdoor swimming pool — at approximately 249 ells on the 78th floor.