How long is 11,000,000 microns?
It's about seven-and-a-half times as tall as Danny DeVito
The height of Danny DeVito is about 1,500,000 microns.
(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 1,500,000 microns 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 eight times as tall as Gary Coleman
The height of Gary Coleman is about 1,400,000 microns.
(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 1,400,000 microns 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-tenth as tall as The Statue of Liberty
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 92,990,000 microns.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 92,990,000 microns including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about eight-and-a-half times as tall as Matt Roloff
The height of Matt Roloff is about 1,300,000 microns.
(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 1,300,000 microns. 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-tenth as tall as Big Ben
The height of Big Ben is about 96,000,000 microns.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 96,000,000 microns. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about nine times as tall as Hervé Villechaize
The height of Hervé Villechaize is about 1,200,000 microns.
(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 1,200,000 microns. 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-tenth as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 105,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 105,000,000 microns (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 105,000,000 microns, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about one-tenth as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 109,728,000 microns.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 109,728,000 microns from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 9,144,000 microns farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about ten times as tall as Kenny Baker
The height of Kenny Baker is about 1,100,000 microns.
(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 1,100,000 microns. 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 one-tenth as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 130,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 130,000,000 microns. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
It's about twelve times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 910,000 microns.
(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 910,000 microns. Thumb stopped growing at 640,000 microns when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
It's about one-fifteenth as long as The Shambles
The length of The Shambles is about 150,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. Maze of Twisting, a.k.a. The Great Flesh Shambles) (York, England, United Kingdom) (approximate)
The Shambles, a historic shopping street in York, stretches about 150,000,000 microns. Several of the buildings along the street are over seven hundred years old.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Spring Temple Buddha
The height of The Spring Temple Buddha is about 153,000,000 microns.
(a.k.a. 中原大佛, a.k.a. 鲁山大佛, a.k.a. 魯山大佛) (Fodushan Scenic Area, Lushan County, Henan, China) (including base)
The tallest statue in the world, the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China stands at 153,000,000 microns tall from its base. The Buddha is located in the 47,300,000-sq. m (11,700-acre) Fodushan Scenic Area near Mount Yao
It's about fourteen times as long as a Man's Footstep
The length of a Man's Footstep is about 790,000 microns.
(for healthy, middle-aged man of average height; single step length)
According to studies by The University of Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center, the average length of a man's step is 790,000 microns, for an average stride (two-step's length) of 1,600,000 microns. The average person walks at a speed of about 1.3 m/s
It's about fourteen times as tall as Verne Troyer
The height of Verne Troyer is about 810,000 microns.
(1969-2018) (actor)
Verne Troyer, most famous for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series, was an LP with a height of 810,000 microns. Troyer's first role was as a stunt double for a baby in the 1994 film Baby's Day Out.