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  2. Blunderbuss - Wikipedia

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    Blunderbusses were typically short, with barrels under 60 centimetres (2 ft) in length, at a time when a typical musket barrel was over 90 cm (3 ft) long. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] One source, describing arms from the early to middle 17th century, lists the barrel length of a wheel lock dragon at around 28 cm (11 in), compared to a 41 cm (16 in) length for ...

  3. The Three Robbers - Wikipedia

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    The book was adapted as a full-length feature film by Hayo Freitag, released in mid-2007 as Die Drei Rauber.This was adapted into a French version called Les Trois Brigands then an English one called Trick or Treaters, which removed the original narration by Tomi Ungerer along with cutting out some of the original movie to shorten it and added a Halloween theme with the new narrator.

  4. Lewis and Clark's keelboat - Wikipedia

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    It was 55 feet (17 m) long, with an 8-foot (2.4 m) beam, and with a shallow draft. The mast was 32 feet (9.8 m) high and could be lowered. The boat could carry a headsail and a square rigged sail. A 10-foot (3.0 m) long deck at the bow made a forecastle. A raised aftercastle of the same length contained a cabin. The hold had a capacity of 12 ...

  5. Angus MacAskill - Wikipedia

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    Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).

  6. Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the ...

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    The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Donald Trump , the current president, is 6 feet 3 inches (190 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2019.

  7. Anna Haining Bates - Wikipedia

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    On her 6th birthday she was measured at 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 centimetres) tall, an inch or two (2.5–5 cm) shorter than her mother. On her 10th birthday she measured 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) tall and weighed at 203 pounds (92.08 kg). On her 11th birthday, she was measured at 6 feet 4 inches (193.04 centimetres) tall.

  8. Trijntje Keever - Wikipedia

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    Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (10 or 16 April 1616 – 2 July 1633), nicknamed De Groote Meid ('The Tall Girl'), is alleged to be the tallest woman in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet [1] or 2.60 metres (8 ft 6.75 in) [2] tall at the time of her death at age seventeen. Trijntje Keever was the daughter of Cornelis Keever and Anna ...

  9. Bradford Dillman - Wikipedia

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    Bradford Dillman was born on April 14, 1930, in San Francisco, the son of Dean Dillman, a stockbroker, and Josephine (née Moore). [1] Bradford's paternal grandparents were Charles Francis Dillman and Stella Borland Dean. He studied at Town School for Boys and St. Ignatius High School from which he graduated in 1949. [2]