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		henryw on Jan 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)? I thought it meant 100 miles. 100 meters is about the length of a football field.

RiderOfGiraffes on Jan 28, 2011 [–]

According to WikiPedia a football field varies in length between 135 and 185 metres:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Australian_football#Fie...

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