Did you know? Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y) is 5 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y)
Length of the Marina beach in Chennai, India (13 km)
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If this was a standard unit ...
Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.