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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan; 2.5 mheight of a sunflower; 2.7 m – length of a leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle; 2.72 m – (8 feet 11 inches) – tallest-known human (Robert Wadlow) [31]

  3. List of highest mountains on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...

  4. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    At 5 years of age, attending kindergarten, Wadlow was 5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.69 m) tall. He wore clothes that would fit a 17-year-old boy. 15-year-old 1923 6 years 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Height of average adult male (global average). 1924 7 years 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 159 lb (72 kg) Height of average adult male in the United States ...

  5. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    7 ft 8.5 in: In 2015, he was the tallest teenager in the United States. [70] born 1997 Cecil Boling United States: 235 cm: 7 ft 8.5 in: Was 7 ft 8 in (234 cm) but shrank to 7 ft 0 in (213 cm) when his legs were replaced with artificial legs 8.5 in (22 cm) shorter. [71] 1920–2000 (79) Brenden Adams United States: 234 cm: 7 ft 8 in

  6. List of mountain peaks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip of a mountain above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] ... 4215 m: 2,283 ft 696 m: 5.48 mi 8.82 km

  7. 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.

  8. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.

  9. List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

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    There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])