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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table, ... 167 cm (5 ft 5 + 1 ...

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    The people of Ancient Egypt stood around 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) for males and 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) for females. [64] The Ancient Greeks averaged 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) for males and 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) for females. The Romans were slightly taller, with an average height of 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) for males and 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) for females. [65]

  4. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    Height to architectural top (including spires and pinnacles, but not antennas, masts or flagpoles). This measurement is the most widely used and is used to define the rankings of the 100 Tallest Buildings in the World. Highest occupied floor; Height to top of roof (omitted from criteria from November 2009 onwards) [23] Height to tip

  5. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    It was claimed that at the age of 18 Kashmir Khan was almost 12 feet (365.8 cm) tall but when he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7 ft 2.6 in (220 cm) tall. [200] 1913–1938 (aged 24–25) Giant of Castelnau: France: 350 cm: 11 ft 6 in

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [113] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [114] 5 cm – usual diameter of a chicken egg; 5 cmheight of a hummingbird, the smallest-known bird; 5.08 cm – 2 inches, 5.5 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm – dimensions of a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube; 6.1 cm – average height of an apple

  7. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth is rounded into an ellipsoid with a circumference of about 40,000 km. It is the densest planet in the Solar System. Of the four rocky planets, it is the largest and most massive. Earth is about eight light-minutes away from the Sun and orbits it, taking a year (about 365.25 days) to complete one revolution.

  8. List of mountain peaks by prominence - Wikipedia

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    The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col. For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence, key col, and parent, see topographic prominence. In particular, the different definitions ...

  9. Earth's circumference - Wikipedia

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    Earth's circumference is the distance around Earth. Measured around the equator, it is 40,075.017 km (24,901.461 mi). Measured passing through the poles, the circumference is 40,007.863 km (24,859.734 mi). [1] Treating the Earth as a sphere, its circumference would be its single most important measurement. [2]