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It's about 850 times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 9.70 rods.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 9.70 rods 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 900 times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 9.330 rods.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 9.330 rods 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-nine-hundred-fiftieth as long as The Circumfrence of Earth
The length of The Circumfrence of Earth is about 7,968,467 rods.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has an Equatorial circumference of approximately 7,968,467 rods. The first airplane trip around the circumference of the Earth (with a few stops along the way), was completed in 1924 by the United States Army Air Service, and took 175 days.
It's about 1,000 times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 8.530 rods.
(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 8.530 rods in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about 1,500 times as long as Baseball base distances
The length of Baseball base distances is about 5.45450 rods.
(MLB Official Baseball Rules specification)
According to MLB Official Baseball Rules, the distance between baseball diamond bases is 5.45450 rods. 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 1,500 times as tall as De Gooyer
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The height of De Gooyer is about 5.40 rods.
(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 5.40 rods 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 3.60 rods.
It's about 2,000 times as long as a Cricket Pitch
The length of a Cricket Pitch is about 4 rods.
(per Marylebone Cricket Council / International Cricket Council Law #6)
The length of a cricket pitch, from one bowling crease to the other, is 4 rods. The wickets at either end of the pitch stand 0.1431640 rods tall including the bails.
It's about 2,000 times as long as a Bowling Lane
The length of a Bowling Lane is about 3.8090 rods.
(USBC specifications; tenpin; including pin deck)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling lane should measure 3.8090 rods. In a Professional Bowling Association game, the lane must be lubricated by about 25 ml (0.85 fl. oz) of oil.
It's about 3,000 times as tall as The Hollywood Sign
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The height of The Hollywood Sign is about 3 rods.
(a.k.a. Hollywoodland Sign) (Mount Lee, Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, California)
Each of the white letters in the Hollywood Sign measures 3 rods tall. Built as an advertisement in 1923, the sign was intended to stand for only eighteen months.
It's about 3,000 times as long as a Semitrailer
The length of a Semitrailer is about 2.9090 rods.
(a.k.a. semi-trailer truck, a.k.a. semi, a.k.a. tractor-trailer, a.k.a. truck and trailer, a.k.a. eighteen-wheeler, a.k.a. big rig, a.k.a. Mack truck, a.k.a. transport, a.k.a. lorry, a.k.a. artic; for box truck; United States Federal length limits)
According to the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), the maximum allowable length of a semitrailer pulled by a road tractor truck is 2.9090 rods (unless superseded by state law). These regulations also allow the vehicles to tow up to 36,000 kg in gross weight.
It's about 3,000 times as tall as a Brachiosaurus
The height of a Brachiosaurus is about 2.60 rods.
(based on comparable bone measurements, height to head)
Dinosaurs in the genus Brachiosaurus had an estimated height (at the head with neck fully extended) of up to 2.60 rods. A resin cast of the first Brachiosaurus specimen, owned by the Field Museum in Chicago, is currently on display at the O'Hare International Airport.
It's about 4,000 times as tall as a Telephone Pole
The height of a Telephone Pole is about 2.20 rods.
(a.k.a. Utility Pole, a.k.a Power Pole, a.k.a. Telegraph Pole, a.k.a. Telegraph Post, a.k.a. Hydro Pole) (exposed height; per Florida Public Service Commission average)
A standard telephone pole is 2.20 rods tall. Despite alternatives, most telephone poles in the US are made of wood — most commonly pine — and have a lifespan of 25 to 50 years, depending on climate and preservatives applied.
It's about 5,000 times as long as a London bus
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The length of a London bus is about 1.670 rods.
(Routemaster Double-Decker, RM standard specification)
The Routemaster Double-Decker buses, well-known as icons of London, measure 1.670 rods in length. The buses were said to be well-designed for travel in the London traffic, as they offered an open door for riders to board and exit even while the bus was moving at low speeds, and a full-time conductor to collect fares.
It's about 7,500 times as tall as a Giraffe
The height of a Giraffe is about 1.10 rods.
(Giraffa camelopardalis) (Adult, average)
An adult giraffe may grow to be up to 1.20 rods tall. Adult giraffes require very little sleep, averaging just 1.9 hours per day.
It's about one-nine-thousandth as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon
The length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon is about 76,440,890 rods.
(a.k.a. Luna) (median of semi-major axis, or apigee, and semi-minor axes, or perigee)
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with an average distance of 76,440,890 rods from center-to-center. About 428.376 kg of moon rock have been cataloged on the Earth, from the American Apollo and Soviet Luna Programs, and from samples that have been extracted from meteorites.
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