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Is 879 barleycorns as long as The Hollywood Sign?

It's about half as tall as The Hollywood Sign
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The height of The Hollywood Sign is about 1,800 barleycorns.
(a.k.a. Hollywoodland Sign) (Mount Lee, Hollywood Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, California)
Each of the white letters in the Hollywood Sign measures 1,800 barleycorns tall. Built as an advertisement in 1923, the sign was intended to stand for only eighteen months.
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