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Is 55,000 milimeters as long as Napoleon?

It's about thirty times as tall as Napoleon
The height of Napoleon is about 1,700 milimeters.
(a.k.a. Napoleon Bonaparte; a.k.a. Napoleon I, a.k.a. Napoleone di Buonaparte) (1759-1821) (French leader)
Despite his frequent characterizations as much shorter than average, Napoleon was a period-average height of approximately 1,700 milimeters. The mis-characterizations have been attributed to British propaganda and to the confusion between French and British units of measurements used at the time.
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