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It's about seven times as tall as Gary Coleman
The height of Gary Coleman is about 63 fingers.
(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 63 fingers 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 a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 3,400 fingers.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 3,400 fingers. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as tall as Matt Roloff
The height of Matt Roloff is about 58 fingers.
(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 58 fingers. 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 eight-and-a-half times as tall as Hervé Villechaize
The height of Hervé Villechaize is about 54 fingers.
(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 54 fingers. 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 nine times as tall as Kenny Baker
The height of Kenny Baker is about 49 fingers.
(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 49 fingers. 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 Statue of Liberty
Flag of The US
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 4,184 fingers.
(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 4,184 fingers 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 one-tenth as tall as Big Ben
Flag of The UK
The height of Big Ben is about 4,300 fingers.
(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 4,300 fingers. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about one-tenth as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 4,720 fingers.
(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 4,720 fingers (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 4,730 fingers, 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 4,937.140 fingers.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 4,937.140 fingers 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 411.4290 fingers farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about eleven times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 41 fingers.
(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 41 fingers. Thumb stopped growing at 29 fingers when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
It's about twelve times as tall as Verne Troyer
The height of Verne Troyer is about 36 fingers.
(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 36 fingers. Troyer's first role was as a stunt double for a baby in the 1994 film Baby's Day Out.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
Flag of Egypt
The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 5,800 fingers.
(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 5,800 fingers. 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 thirteen times as long as a Man's Footstep
The length of a Man's Footstep is about 36 fingers.
(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 36 fingers, for an average stride (two-step's length) of 71 fingers. The average person walks at a speed of about 1.3 m/s
It's about one-fifteenth as long as The Shambles
Flag of The UK
The length of The Shambles is about 6,700 fingers.
(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 6,700 fingers. Several of the buildings along the street are over seven hundred years old.
It's about fifteen times as long as a Woman's Footstep
The length of a Woman's Footstep is about 30 fingers.
(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 30 fingers, for an average stride (two-step's length) of 59 fingers. The average person walks at a speed of about 1.3 m/s
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