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  2. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    Sam McDonald (1762 – 6 May 1802), called "Big Sam", was a Scotsman of unusual height for his day who had a distinguished military career and was a noted "strongman". Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m), [207] with a burly build, although one 1822 source claims 10 feet 4 inches (3.15 m). [208] 1762–1802 (40?) Mildred ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An American football field, including both end zones, is 360 by 160 ft (120.0 by 53.3 yd; 109.7 by 48.8 m), or 57,600 square feet (5,350 m 2) (0.535 hectares or 1.32 acres). A Canadian football field is 65 yards (59 m) wide and 110 yards (100 m) long with end zones adding a combined 40 yards (37 m) to the length, making it 87,750 square feet ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    18.44 meters – distance between the front of the pitcher's rubber and the rear point of home plate on a baseball field (60 feet, 6 inches) [125] 20 meters – length of cricket pitch (22 yards) [126] 27.43 meters – distance between bases on a baseball field (90 feet) 28 meters – length of a standard FIBA basketball court; 28.65 meters ...

  5. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  6. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m ... Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall. ... to measure nausea and travel sickness caused ...

  7. “History Cool Kids”: 91 Interesting Pictures From The Past

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    The oldest, purple Teletubby, Tinky Winky, stood at 10 feet tall (305 cm). The red Teletubby, Po, was 6 feet 6 (198 cm) inches tall. The yellow Teletubby, Laa-Laa, was 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm).

  8. Landship - Wikipedia

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    With a length of 47.3 meters (155 feet, 2 inches), a width of 7.1 meters (23 feet, 4 inches) and a height of 11.6 meters (38 feet, 1 inch), the Schwerer Gustav weighed 1,350 tonnes. The gun's massive size required its own diesel-powered generator, a special railway track and an oversized crew of 2,750 (250 to assemble and fire the gun in 3 days ...

  9. Former FBI Director James Comey is extremely tall - AOL

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    FBI Director James Comey (L) shakes hands with Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-CA) (R) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (C) before testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform ...