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The BBC reports that the Washington Monument has .. well, shrunk.

The stone obelisk was completed in 1884 and since then tour guides and others have dutifully quoted its height at 555ft and 5.13ins (169.3m).

But US government surveyors said on Monday the column is 554ft and 7.34ins.

Read more on this here.

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