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Is 223 square miles as big as a Post-it® Note (3M)?

It's about 100,000,000,000 times as big as a Post-it® Note (3M)
The size of a Post-it® Note (3M) is about 0.00000000210 square miles.
(3M) (generically sticky notes, a.k.a. repositionable notes, a.k.a. repositional notes)
A Post-it® Note measures 0.00000000210 square miles in total area. In September, 1989, Hurricane Hugo swept through Charleston, South Carolina with winds up to 230 kph (140 mph), uprooting eight oak trees in Mr. Bruce Brakefield's yard, but leaving in place a Post-it® note attached to his front door.
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