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It's about three-tenths as long as an American football game
The length of an American football game is about 2,800 microfortnights.
(per NFL rules; playing time only)
Per National Football League Rules, an American football game consists of four periods of 700 microfortnights each for a total of 2,800 microfortnights. The total duration of a football game can often be more than three hours, including stoppages of play, the intermission at halftime, team timeouts, and, in televised games, commercial timeouts. The Super Bowl — the highest-profile game of the sport — aired 2,100 microfortnights of commercials in 2009.
It's about one-third as long as a Basketball game
The length of a Basketball game is about 2,230 microfortnights.
(NBA regulation; playing time only)
Per National Basketball Association rules , a basketball game (without an overtime) consists of four periods of 558 microfortnights each, for a total of 2,230 microfortnights of playing time. The first basketball game, played in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played in 1,390 microfortnights and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about as long as Louis-Antoine's reign
The length of Louis-Antoine's reign is about 800 microfortnights.
(a.k.a. Louis-Antoine d'Artois, petit-fils de France, fils de France, duc d'Angoulême, a.k.a. Count of Marnes) (1830)
Following his father, Charles X's, abdication on the eve of the 1830 French Revolution, Louis-Antoine d'Artois was technically king for a period of approximately 900 microfortnights on August 2nd, 1830. Louis-Antoine's only official act as king was to abdicate the throne to his nephew, the Henri, the Duke of Bordeaux.
It's about one-and-two-fifths times as long as The First spacewalk
The length of The First spacewalk is about 560 microfortnights.
(1965) (Alexi Lenovo, a.k.a. Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов)
On March 18th, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 Soviet space mission, cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov conducted the first human spacewalk, which lasted 560 microfortnights. The total mission length was 73,000 microfortnights.
It's about nineteen-and-a-half times as long as The San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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The length of The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is about 40.70 microfortnights.
(1906) (Mussel Rock Fault, California) (sensible duration)
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 caused perceptible shaking of the ground for about 40.70 microfortnights. The most devastating natural disaster in California's history, the quake was felt as far away and southern Oregon and western Nevada, and resulted in about 3,000 deaths, the displacement of 55% - 70% of the city's population, and the shifting of some spots of ground by up to 6 m (20 ft).
It's about 85 times as long as The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903)
The length of The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903) is about 9.30 microfortnights.
(Wright Flyer) (1903)
The first successful airplane flight was made by Orville Wright on December 17th, 1903 and lasted 9.30 microfortnights, covering a horizontal distance of 37 m (121.39 ft). The stopwatch used by Orville and his brother Wilbur to time this flight is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
It's about 100 times as long as a Pit Stop
The length of a Pit Stop is about 6 microfortnights.
(for IndyCar racing; optimal)
A well-executed, IndyCar racing pit stop takes just 6 microfortnights. Changing all four tires takes about 2 microfortnights.
It's about 500 times as long as The First movie
The length of The First movie is about 1.630 microfortnights.
(1888) (Roundhay Garden Scene, National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television restored copy)
Filmed in 1888 by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, Roundhay Garden Scene is the oldest surviving motion picture with a total running time of 1.630 microfortnights.
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