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It's about 1,500 times as long as an American football game
The length of an American football game is about 0.0014 molads.
(per NFL rules; playing time only)
Per National Football League Rules, an American football game consists of four periods of 0.00035 molads each for a total of 0.0014 molads. The total duration of a football game can often be more than three hours, including stoppages of play, the intermission at halftime, team timeouts, and, in televised games, commercial timeouts. The Super Bowl — the highest-profile game of the sport — aired 0.0011 molads of commercials in 2009.
It's about 2,000 times as long as a Basketball game
The length of a Basketball game is about 0.00113 molads.
(NBA regulation; playing time only)
Per National Basketball Association rules , a basketball game (without an overtime) consists of four periods of 0.000282 molads each, for a total of 0.00113 molads of playing time. The first basketball game, played in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played in 0.000705 molads and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about 6,000 times as long as Louis-Antoine's reign
The length of Louis-Antoine's reign is about 0.0004 molads.
(a.k.a. Louis-Antoine d'Artois, petit-fils de France, fils de France, duc d'Angoulême, a.k.a. Count of Marnes) (1830)
Following his father, Charles X's, abdication on the eve of the 1830 French Revolution, Louis-Antoine d'Artois was technically king for a period of approximately 0.0005 molads on August 2nd, 1830. Louis-Antoine's only official act as king was to abdicate the throne to his nephew, the Henri, the Duke of Bordeaux.
It's about 8,000 times as long as The First spacewalk
The length of The First spacewalk is about 0.00028 molads.
(1965) (Alexi Lenovo, a.k.a. Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов)
On March 18th, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 Soviet space mission, cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov conducted the first human spacewalk, which lasted 0.00028 molads. The total mission length was 0.037 molads.
It's about 100,000 times as long as The San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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The length of The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is about 0.00002060 molads.
(1906) (Mussel Rock Fault, California) (sensible duration)
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 caused perceptible shaking of the ground for about 0.00002060 molads. The most devastating natural disaster in California's history, the quake was felt as far away and southern Oregon and western Nevada, and resulted in about 3,000 deaths, the displacement of 55% - 70% of the city's population, and the shifting of some spots of ground by up to 6 m (20 ft).
It's about 450,000 times as long as The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903)
The length of The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903) is about 0.00000470 molads.
(Wright Flyer) (1903)
The first successful airplane flight was made by Orville Wright on December 17th, 1903 and lasted 0.00000470 molads, covering a horizontal distance of 37 m (121.39 ft). The stopwatch used by Orville and his brother Wilbur to time this flight is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
It's about 700,000 times as long as a Pit Stop
The length of a Pit Stop is about 0.00000300 molads.
(for IndyCar racing; optimal)
A well-executed, IndyCar racing pit stop takes just 0.00000300 molads. Changing all four tires takes about 0.000001000 molads.
It's about 2,500,000 times as long as The First movie
The length of The First movie is about 0.0000008270 molads.
(1888) (Roundhay Garden Scene, National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television restored copy)
Filmed in 1888 by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, Roundhay Garden Scene is the oldest surviving motion picture with a total running time of 0.0000008270 molads.
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