Did you know? Length of coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail (Southern Route) (8,140 km) is 250 x Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km)
Time since the first passenger steam railway service (199 y)
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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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