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It's about 1,500 times as big as The White House
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The size of The White House is about 250 square perches.
(Washington, DC) (including wings)
Housing the presidency, the White House occupies six stories and a total of 250 square perches of floor space. This space includes 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, and 3 elevators, as well as a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, and putting green.
It's about one-two-thousandth as big as Lake Ontario
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The size of Lake Ontario is about 749,600,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Ontario) (surface area)
The smallest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Ontario has a total area of 749,600,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about 2,000 times as big as a Football field
The size of a Football field is about 211.57024790 square perches.
(American) (per NFL regulation)
Per NFL rules, a football field should measure 109.728 m (120 yards) long by 48.768 m wide, for a total area of 211.57024790 square perches. Due to a blizzard, the first NFL playoff game in 1932 was held indoors in Chicago Stadium (it was also the first indoor game) on a field measuring just 55 m by 40.0 m, for a total area of 86.981094280 square perches.
It's about one-two-thousandth as big as Wales
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The size of Wales is about 819,680,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 819,680,000 square perches. More than 30,234,000 square perches, or about 4% of the country's land area, is made up of the fifty-plus islands in the Irish and Celtic Seas off the coast of the Welsh mainland.
It's about 2,500 times as big as Bill Gates' Home
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The size of Bill Gates' Home is about 176.90 square perches.
(Medina, Washington)
One of the largest homes in the world, Bill and Melinda Gates' home has a total area of 176.90 square perches, including 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 6 fireplaces, a 9.093 square perches gym, a 3.5580 square perches dining room, and a 7.5120 square perches library. It was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the same architectural firm responsible for the design of one of Apple Inc's flagship stores on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Lake Erie
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The size of Lake Erie is about 1,020,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac &ri&) (surface area)
The fourth largest of North America's Great Lakes and the thirteenth largest lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Erie has a total area of 1,020,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio.
It's about one-three-thousandth as big as Hawaii
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The size of Hawaii is about 1,119,332,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Moku'āina o Hawai'i) (United States)
The "Aloha State," Hawaii measures 1,119,332,000 square perches in total area. A total of 137 islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago, with the eight principle islands measuring 657,675,900 square perches in combined total area.
It's about one-three-thousandth as big as Belgium
The size of Belgium is about 1,207,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Kingdom of Belgium, a.k.a. Koninkrijk Belgi&, a.k.a. Royaume de Belgique, a.k.a. K&nigreich Belgien)
Belgium measures 1,207,000,000 square perches in total area. Contrary to their name, french fries were developed in Belgium (known at the time as the Southern Netherlands) in the late 17th century.
It's about one-three-thousandth as big as Vancouver Island
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The size of Vancouver Island is about 1,236,900,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Quadra's and Vancouver's Island) (British Columbia, Canada)
Vancouver Island, in the northern Pacific, measures 1,236,900,000 square perches. The island is home to the Comox Glacier, which reaches 1,960 m in height.
It's about one-five-thousand-five-hundredth as big as Lake Michigan
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The size of Lake Michigan is about 2,290,000,000 square perches.
(surface area)
The third largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Michigan has a total area of 2,290,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
It's about one-six-thousandth as big as Lake Huron
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The size of Lake Huron is about 2,360,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Huron) (surface area)
The second largest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Huron has a total area of 2,360,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and Bay City, Michigan.
It's about 6,500 times as big as a Hockey rink
The size of a Hockey rink is about 59.97064710 square perches.
(per NHL specification)
Per National Hockey League Official Rules, a hockey rink should measure 60.96 m long by 25.908 m wide with a corner arc radius of 8.5344 m, for a total area of about 59.97064710 square perches. Ice hockey is believed to have developed from field hockey after players began holding games on ice rinks, which had been traditionally used for the sport of curling.
It's about one-eight-thousandth as big as Lake Superior
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The size of Lake Superior is about 3,250,000,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Lac Supérieur, a.k.a. Gitchigumi, a.k.a. Gitche Gumee) (surface area)
Both the largest of North America's Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Superior has a total area of 3,250,000,000 square perches. It borders the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
It's about 8,000 times as big as Manchester Cathedral
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The size of Manchester Cathedral is about 48.950 square perches.
(a.k.a. Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George) (Manchester, England, United Kingdom) (total interior area of Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory)
Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 48.950 square perches between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.
It's about one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as big as The Island of Ireland
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The size of The Island of Ireland is about 3,337,700,000 square perches.
(a.k.a. Éire, a.k.a. Airlann)
The island of Ireland - split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - covers 3,337,700,000 square perches. The island has been populated for over 9,000 years.
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