Did you know? Length of the Vic-Maui yacht race (4,270 km) is about as big as Length of Chile - North-South (4,270 km)
An AU (astronomical unit) (149.6 million km)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
Click here to learn more about it.
Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.