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How long is 10 workweeks?

It's about 1,500 times as long as a Basketball game
The length of a Basketball game is about 0.00667 workweeks.
(NBA regulation; playing time only)
Per National Basketball Association rules , a basketball game (without an overtime) consists of four periods of 0.00167 workweeks each, for a total of 0.00667 workweeks of playing time. The first basketball game, played in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played in 0.00417 workweeks and ended with a score of 1-0.
It's about one-two-thousandth as long as a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan
The length of a Giant Tortoise's Lifespan is about 18,000 workweeks.
(for Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise) (Dipsochelys dussumieri, formerly Geochelone gigantea)
Adwaita, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise who lived the later part of his life in the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata, India, was 18,000 workweeks at the time of his death. Once a pet of Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, who is credited with securing India as a colony of Great Britain, Adwaita lived through the entirety of India's 14,000 workweeks as a British colony.
It's about 4,000 times as long as Louis-Antoine's reign
The length of Louis-Antoine's reign is about 0.002 workweeks.
(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 0.003 workweeks 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 6,000 times as long as The First spacewalk
The length of The First spacewalk is about 0.0017 workweeks.
(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 0.0017 workweeks. The total mission length was 0.220 workweeks.
It's about 80,000 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 0.000122 workweeks.
(1906) (Mussel Rock Fault, California) (sensible duration)
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 caused perceptible shaking of the ground for about 0.000122 workweeks. 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 350,000 times as long as The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903)
The length of The First airplane flight (Wright Flyer, 1903) is about 0.0000280 workweeks.
(Wright Flyer) (1903)
The first successful airplane flight was made by Orville Wright on December 17th, 1903 and lasted 0.0000280 workweeks, 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 500,000 times as long as a Pit Stop
The length of a Pit Stop is about 0.0000200 workweeks.
(for IndyCar racing; optimal)
A well-executed, IndyCar racing pit stop takes just 0.0000200 workweeks. Changing all four tires takes about 0.00000700 workweeks.
It's about 2,000,000 times as long as The First movie
The length of The First movie is about 0.000004880 workweeks.
(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 0.000004880 workweeks.
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