How long is 22 fathoms?

The Routemaster Double-Decker buses, well-known as icons of London, measure 4.580 fathoms 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.

The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 124 fathoms above the surface of the San Francisco Bay. One of the key designers of the bridge, Charles Ellis, had no engineering degree when he began working on the project, but would later go on to write what became a standard textbook on structural engineering, and would ultimately be forced to complete his calculations on the bridge by working without pay for five months.

An adult giraffe may grow to be up to 3.30 fathoms tall. Adult giraffes require very little sleep, averaging just 1.9 hours per day.

The QE2 has a total length of 161 fathoms. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 5,250,000,000 fathoms, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.

The Eiffel Tower stands 177 fathoms tall, including its flagpole. The Tower is the largest structure in Paris as most other buildings are governed by a zoning restriction limiting them to a height of 20.20 fathoms or less.

The Empire State Building stands 208.340 fathoms to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.

A 1964 Volkswagen Beetle measures 2.230 fathoms. As the longest continuously-produced automobile design — in production for 75 years between 1938 and 2003 — the Beetle was voted the most fourth-most influential car of the twentieth century by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.

Each of the Petronas Towers stands 247.10 fathoms to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 62.880 fathoms deep.

The Shanghai World Financial Center is 269 fathoms tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 259 fathoms above ground).

The Willis Tower rises to about 284 fathoms to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 225 fathoms.

The CN Tower measures 302.560 fathoms tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.

The Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower stands 330 fathoms to its spire. Initially described as holding the record for the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the ride at the top of the tower is actually an observation carousel; cars complete a trip around the top-floor track about every half-hour.

The most common height of an artificial Christmas Tree is 1.30 fathoms. According to the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture, a total of 1,389.59 sq. km (343,374 acres) of Christmas Trees were farmed in the US in 2007.

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Andr& the Giant, who had a pituitary syndrome called acromegaly, was 1.20 fathoms tall. Prior to 1973, Roussimoff was billed as having a height of 1.10 fathoms and his true height is the subject of some dispute.

Shaq is 1.20 fathoms tall. Shaq maintains an active interest in police work and has served as a reserve officer in both Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida while playing for NBA franchises in those cities.