How long is 42 paces?
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The Willis Tower
The height of The Willis Tower is about 682 paces.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
It's about seventeen times as long as a Full Size Bed
The length of a Full Size Bed is about 2.50 paces.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Full-Size mattress measures 2.50 paces from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about seventeen times as long as a Twin Size bed
The length of a Twin Size bed is about 2.50 paces.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Twin-Size mattress measures 2.50 paces from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about one-fifteenth as tall as The CN Tower
The height of The CN Tower is about 726.150 paces.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 726.150 paces tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about eighteen times as tall as a Refrigerator (Side-by-side)
The height of a Refrigerator (Side-by-side) is about 2.350 paces.
(a.k.a. Fridge, a.k.a Icebox) (for G.E. Profile model no. PSDW3YGXSS; total exterior height)
A common refrigerator model measures 2.350 paces in total exterior height. When General Electric released its first widely-marketed refrigerator — the "Monitor Top" model — in 1927, it sold over one million units.
It's about nineteen times as tall as Napoleon
The height of Napoleon is about 2.20 paces.
(a.k.a. Napoleon Bonaparte; a.k.a. Napoleon I, a.k.a. Napoleone di Buonaparte) (1759-1821) (French leader)
Despite his frequent characterizations as much shorter than average, Napoleon was a period-average height of approximately 2.20 paces. The mis-characterizations have been attributed to British propaganda and to the confusion between French and British units of measurements used at the time.
It's about one-twentieth as tall as a Canton Tower
The height of a Canton Tower is about 800 paces.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
It's about twenty times as tall as Danny DeVito
The height of Danny DeVito is about 2 paces.
(a.k.a. Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr.) (1944-) (actor)
Danny DeVito, best known for his role as Louie De Palma in the 1978-83 television series Taxi, is 2 paces tall. After graduating from high school, DeVito became a licensed cosmetician and it was out of interest in cosmetology that he first enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and later began to study acting.
It's about twenty times as tall as Gary Coleman
The height of Gary Coleman is about 1.80 paces.
(a.k.a. Gary Wayne Coleman) (1978-2009) (actor)
Gary Coleman, most famous for his role as Arnold Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes was 1.80 paces tall. His small stature was a result of a congenital kidney disease. Coleman worked as a security guard since following his career as an actor.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as Gocta Falls
The height of Gocta Falls is about 1,010 paces.
(a.k.a. Gocta Cataracts, a.k.a. Catarata del Gocta) (Amazonas, Peru) (total height)
Gocta Falls, a waterfall on the Cocahuayco River, measures 1,010 paces in total height. Although it sits just 55,100 paces from the major city of Chachapoyas, the waterfall was unknown to non-locals until it was documented during a 2005 expedition by a German economist.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as long as The Navy Pier
The length of The Navy Pier is about 1,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Municipal Pier #2) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Navy Pier is 1,000 paces in total length. Originally named Municipal Pier #2, the pier was renamed Navy Pier in 1927 in honor of Naval personnel stationed there during World War I.
It's about thirty times as tall as Matt Roloff
The height of Matt Roloff is about 1.70 paces.
(1961-) (actor and reality television star)
Matt Roloff, most famous for his role on the reality television show Little People, Big World, is an LP with a height of 1.70 paces. In 1985, Roloff stared as an Ewok — one of the small, woodland creatures from the Star Wars franchise — in the movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as The Three Sisters Falls
The height of The Three Sisters Falls is about 1,000 paces.
(a.k.a. Cataratas las Tres Hermanas) (Ayacucho, Peru)
The Three Sisters Falls rise to 1,000 paces in height. The falls are called Three Sisters after the three large tiers over which the falls flow.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as tall as Burj Dubai
The height of Burj Dubai is about 1,090 paces.
(formally Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Dubai Tower, a.k.a. برج خليفة) (Dubai, UAE) (to roof)
Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world, stands 1,090 paces to its roof. The tower also holds the current records for the world's highest Islamic mosque — at approximately 757 paces on the 158th floor (of 163 floors) — and the world's tallest outdoor swimming pool — at approximately 374 paces on the 78th floor.
It's about thirty times as tall as Hervé Villechaize
The height of Hervé Villechaize is about 1.60 paces.
(a.k.a. Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize) (1943-1993) (actor)
Hervé Villechaize, most famous for his role as Tattoo on the 1978-84 television series Fantasy Island, was an LP with a height of 1.60 paces. Villechaize's form of dwarfism, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia-brachydactyly and distinctive speech (SED-BDS), is also known as "Tattoo dysplasia" or "Fantasy Island syndrome."