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It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Washington Monument
The height of The Washington Monument is about 2,962.20 nails.
(Washington, D.C.)
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as St. Paul's Cathedral
The height of St. Paul's Cathedral is about 3,040 nails.
(London, England, United Kingdom)
St. Paul's Cathedral measures 174 m to its peak. The southwest tower of the Cathedral contains the bell known as "Great Paul," which is the largest bell in Great Britain at 15,000 kg (16.5 tons), outweighing the more iconic Big Ben bell by about 3,000 kg (3 tons).
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Space Needle
The height of The Space Needle is about 3,220 nails.
(Seattle, Washington) (to aircraft warning beacon at peak)
Built for a 1962 World's Fair, the Space Needle stands 184 m tall. With a track-and-wheel design inspired by railroad mechanics and a precisely-configured balance, the restaurant near the top of the space needle requires just a 1.5 hp motor to rotate at speeds of about 0.053 kph (0.033 mph).
It's about fifteen times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 16 nails.
(a.k.a. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) (circus performer; height at death)
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Golden Gate Bridge
The height of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 3,970 nails.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (height above water)
The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 227 m 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.
It's about seventeen times as long as a Man's Footstep
The length of a Man's Footstep is about 14 nails.
(for healthy, middle-aged man of average height; single step length)
It's about seventeen times as tall as Verne Troyer
The height of Verne Troyer is about 14 nails.
(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 0.81 m. Troyer's first role was as a stunt double for a baby in the 1994 film Baby's Day Out.
It's about twenty times as long as a Woman's Footstep
The length of a Woman's Footstep is about 12 nails.
(for healthy, middle-aged woman of average height; single step length)
It's about one-twentieth as long as The QE2
The length of The QE2 is about 5,140 nails.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
The QE2 has a total length of 294 m. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 9.6 million km, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 5,670 nails.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
It's about one-thirtieth as tall as The Empire State Building
The height of The Empire State Building is about 6,666.80 nails.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 381.01 m 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.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 7,907 nails.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
It's about forty times as tall as a Bowling Pin
The height of a Bowling Pin is about 6.670 nails.
(USBC specifications; tenpin)
According to the United States Bowling Congress specifications, a tenpin bowling pin should be within 0.079375 cm of 38.1 cm 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-thirty-fifth as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 8,610 nails.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
It's about one-fortieth as tall as The Willis Tower
The height of The Willis Tower is about 9,100 nails.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)