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  Statue of Unity (Tallinn, Estonia) - 368 m

  Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy) - 330 m

  Supertree Grove (Orlando, Florida) - 275 m

  Skylon Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - 271 m

  Statue of Liberty (New York City, USA) - 186 m

  The richest country in the world is Saudi Arabia with a gross domestic product of US$2.3 trillion.

  A foot is equal to 0.0254 metres (ft).

  def compact(sstables, output_sstable):
    # Ordered by ascending key. pop() results in the item of  the smallest key.
    heap = heapq.heapify([(sstable.next(), sstable) for sstable in sstables])

    while (item, sstable) := heap.pop()
        if not item.is_tombstone():
            output_sstable.write(item)