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It's about 400 times as tall as Kenny Baker
The height of Kenny Baker is about 0.650 smoots.
(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 0.650 smoots. 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 500 times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 0.530 smoots.
(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 0.530 smoots. Thumb stopped growing at 0.380 smoots when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
It's about 550 times as tall as Verne Troyer
The height of Verne Troyer is about 0.480 smoots.
(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 0.480 smoots. Troyer's first role was as a stunt double for a baby in the 1994 film Baby's Day Out.
It's about 550 times as long as a Man's Footstep
The length of a Man's Footstep is about 0.460 smoots.
(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 0.460 smoots, for an average stride (two-step's length) of 0.920 smoots. The average person walks at a speed of about 1.3 m/s
It's about 700 times as long as a Woman's Footstep
The length of a Woman's Footstep is about 0.390 smoots.
(for healthy, middle-aged woman of average height; single step length)
According to studies by The University of Oklahoma's Health Sciences Center, the average length of a woman's step is 0.390 smoots, for an average stride (two-step's length) of 0.780 smoots. The average person walks at a speed of about 1.3 m/s
It's about one-one-thousandth as long as The Grand Canyon
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The length of The Grand Canyon is about 262,000 smoots.
(a.k.a. Gran Cañón) (Arizona) (Colorado River miles measure)
The Grand Canyon has a total length of 262,000 smoots along the course of the Colorado River at its bottom. Having opened in early 2007, the Grand Canyon Skywalk allows tourists to stand on a horseshoe-shaped glass walkway 646 smoots above the floor of Granite Gorge.
It's about 1,000 times as tall as a Bowling Pin
The height of a Bowling Pin is about 0.2240 smoots.
(USBC specifications; tenpin)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling pin should be within 0.000466 smoots of 0.2240 smoots in height. The USBC further mandates that certified pins be made of sugar maple wood, unless otherwise approved by the organization.
It's about one-three-thousandth as long as The Rhine
The length of The Rhine is about 776,000 smoots.
(a.k.a. Rhein, a.k.a. Rijn, a.k.a. Rhin, a.k.a. Rain, a.k.a. Reno, a.k.a. Rhenus, a.k.a. Ryn) (from near Reichenau, Switzerland through Hoek van Holland, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The Rhine river runs 776,000 smoots in total length. The World War II Battle of Arnhem, as memorialized in the 1974 book and 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far, was the first of several attempts to capture key bridges across the Rhine, beginning with the Arnhem Bridge in the Netherlands.
It's about one-five-thousandth as long as The Colorado River
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The length of The Colorado River is about 1,370,000 smoots.
(a.k.a. Aha Kwahwat, a.k.a. Grand River, a.k.a. Tizon River, a.k.a. Tecon River, a.k.a. Tison River) (from Grand Lake, Colorado through the Gulf of California)
The Colorado River runs 1,370,000 smoots in length. Along this length, the river descends from its source, approximately 1,620 smoots above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, to its mouth in the Gulf of California.
It's about one-six-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Danube
The length of The Danube is about 1,670,000 smoots.
(a.k.a. Donau, a.k.a. Dunaj, a.k.a. Dunav, a.k.a. Duna, a.k.a. Дунав (Dunav), a.k.a. Dunărea, a.k.a. Дунáй (Dunay), a.k.a. Tuna) (from Breg Martinskapelle, Black Forest, Germany through the Danube Delta, Romania)
The Danube river runs 1,670,000 smoots in total length. Intersecting Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; and Belgrade, Serbia, the Danube touches more capital cities than any other river.
It's about one-eight-thousandth as long as The Oregon Trail
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The length of The Oregon Trail is about 2,050,000 smoots.
(from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon)
The historic Oregon Trail stretched 2,050,000 smoots across five (sometimes six) states in the western United States. In the early years of the Trail's existence, the trip was estimated to have taken an average of 160 days.
It's about one-eight-thousandth as long as The Volga
The length of The Volga is about 2,070,000 smoots.
(a.k.a. Волга, a.k.a. İdel (Идел), a.k.a. Атăл (Atăl), a.k.a. Edil, a.k.a. İdil, a.k.a. Рав (Rav)) (from the Valdai Hills, Tver Oblast, Russia through the Caspian Sea)
The largest river in Europe, the Volga river runs 2,070,000 smoots in total length. World War II's Battle of Stalingrad between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which resulted in nearly two million casualties, was fought in part for control of the river.
It's about one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Mississippi River
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The length of The Mississippi River is about 2,213,000 smoots.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 2,213,000 smoots. Prior to the development of soil erosion programs, the Mississippi River would carry approximately 400 million metric tons of sediment from its banks to the Gulf of Mexico every year.
It's about 8,500 times as tall as a Golf Tee
The height of a Golf Tee is about 0.032 smoots.
The most common golf tee size and the length preferred for iron and most wood clubs is 0.032 smoots tall. The tee did not come into common use until it was promoted by professional golfers Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, as part of a marketing effort by the patent-holder of the well-known, "Reddy Tee."
It's about one-ten-thousandth as long as The Distance from L.A. to New York
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The length of The Distance from L.A. to New York is about 2,640,000 smoots.
(Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York) (via I-10 E, I-15 N, I-70 E, I-76 E, I-80 E, I-280 E)
The total length of the freeway route from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York via Interstate 80 is 2,640,000 smoots long. This route intersects eleven states and several major cities, including Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Lincoln, Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; South Bend, Indiana; and Cleveland, Ohio.
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