Is That A Big Number?

If Length of an A4 page of paper (297 mm) was a standard unit ...

Longest ever discus throw (74.1 m)...more would be 250 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Height of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India (73 m)...more would be 250 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza (73 m)...more would be 250 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Length of a blue whale (30 m)...more would be 100 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m)...more would be 100 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Width of a typical Hot Air Balloon (15 m)...more would be 50 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Width of a basketball court (15 m)...more would be 50 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Length overall of an `AC50` catamaran used in 2017 America`s cup (15 m)...more would be 50 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Women's World Long Jump Record (1988) (7.52 m)...more would be 25 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Women's Olympic Long Jump record (1988) (7.4 m)...more would be 25 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Width of a football goal (7.32 m)...more would be 25 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Men's Olympic Pole Vault record (2016) (6.03 m)...more would be 20 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Height of tallest recorded giraffe (5.88 m)...more would be 20 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Height of a ice-hockey goal (1.2 m)...more would be 4 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Length of a lightsaber in the Star Wars movies (1.19 m)...more would be 4 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Maximum length of a tennis racket (737 mm)...more would be 2.5 x Length of an A4 page of paper

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.