[The Past and present of La Salle County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of La Salle County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc, etc..
The great auk was 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) tall and weighed around 5 kilograms (11 lb) The size of a medium penguin, it lived in the open ocean except for when it waddled ashore for breeding on just a few islands.
After a full investigation, on, April 18th, 2009, it was announced that the length of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty was 8,851.8 km (5,500miles). The wall extends from Hushan Great wall in Liaoning Province to the Jayuguan Pass in Gansu Province. The section of Great Wall in Beijing is about 550km long.