Results: So Much Smaller Than You Would Imagine!
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About six million tourists flock every year to see the world famous Mona Lisa, the majestic and impressive painting by Leonardo Da Vinci which hangs in The Louvre. After all, the 1503 depiction of silk merchant's wife Lisa del Giocondo is a Renaissance giant - a creation on canvas so sizeable in impact, influence and fame. And almost everyone is shocked by how small it really is. The most famous painting in the world measures only 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in). Have you seen the Mona Lisa, and were you surprised at how small it really is?
Yes
12%
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277 votes
No, I knew
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305 votes
Actually had no preconceived idea of the size of the painting
17%
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395 votes
Have not seen it in person
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1360 votes
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Here are some other famous tourist attractions that are actually much smaller than many think they would be. Which of these have you seen in person?
Stonehenge -- on postcards the image of Bronze Age Britain at its most romantic looks huge, seismic, timeless. It is only when you see it in person you realize that each standing stone measures only 13 feet tall - roughly the combined height of two tall people.
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254 votes
The Sphinx -- The companion-piece to the pyramids of Giza, part human, part lion, was created to inspire awe and devotion through the ages. Cairo's most notable cat-man hybrid is significantly smaller than the fabled tombs it stands next to. Its statistics - 238 ft long, 66 ft high
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180 votes
Christ The Redeemer -- this statue dominates the coast of Rio de Janeiro so imagine when you finally climb to the top of the mountain and see this particular Christ is a "mere" 98 ft in stature. To put this in context, the Eiffel Tower is 1,063 ft. tall
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88 votes
The Statue of Liberty -- The statue, to the tip of the torch, measures 151 ft. The whole construction from ground level up is 305 ft. And yet, all those representations in films, TV shows and American mythology leave you expecting just a little more.
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536 votes
Seven Mile Beach -- this beach sits on the west coast of Jamaica, spreading out around the town of Negril. It is beautiful. It has sumptuous sunsets. However, it is four miles long.
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100 votes
Plymouth Rock -- the very spot, where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on New World soil in 1620, giving birth to the modern USA is in reality a chunk of granite which broke in two when someone tried to haul it to Plymouth town square in 1774.
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226 votes
None of them
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1458 votes
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Have you ever had a picture of something in your mind and were shocked to see how much bigger (or smaller) it is than you thought? Here are some things that are much bigger than you may have thought. Which ones on this list are you surprised by the size?
The sun is huge -- but would you be surprised to hear that it would take 1.3 million earths to fill up the sun
17%
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405 votes
Michelangelo's David stands 17 feet in marble. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
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334 votes
Yao Ming the Chinese basketball player, who played for the Houston Rockets is 7 feet 6 inches tall, and he's not the tallest ever NBA player. By comparison Shaquille O'Neal is 7 feet one inch
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251 votes
Moose are the largest members of the deer family, weighing as much as 1200 pounds; they can grow to be 5 to 6.5 feet from hooves to shoulders. This does not include a raised head or antlers, so it's safe to say that the majority of moose tower over all non-basketball players.
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347 votes
Giant sequoias can grow to be about 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter and more than 250 feet (76 m) tall. The biggest of these behemoths is General Sherman, a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park. They don't call them "giant" for nothing!
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426 votes
All
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173 votes
None
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1196 votes
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