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  2. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the tallest people, ... tall and still growing. Though other sources say 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m ... He was 118 cm (3 ft 10 in) tall at age 21 and peaked ...

  3. Study finds country with the tallest people in the world - AOL

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    Many things have changed over the past hundreds of years, and that includes how tall people are. Experts say it's because of better nutrition and health but those results depend on location and ...

  4. Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia

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    The tall windows under the rose window show the four major prophets of the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel) as gigantic figures, and the four New Testament evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) as ordinary-size people sitting on their shoulders. The evangelists, though smaller, "see more" than the huge prophets (since ...

  5. Patagon - Wikipedia

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    These accounts may also refer to the Selk'nam people. [citation needed] However, like that of the Tehuelche language, the language of the Selk'nam people does not match the records of the giant's language that Magellan is claimed to have encountered. [7] [8] There is a photograph of a seven-foot tall Selk'nam ("Ona") man in the US Library of ...

  6. I’m 6 feet tall in a family of little people — here’s what it ...

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    At more than 6 feet tall, Peet Montzingo is slightly above average height, but in a family of little people he sticks out. Literally. “Peet as a little boy would say to me, ‘Mom, I wish I was ...

  7. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    According to a study in France, executives and professionals are 2.6 centimetres (1.0 in) taller, and university students are 2.55 centimetres (1.0 in) taller than the national average. [7] As this case shows, data taken from a particular social group may not represent a total population in some countries.

  8. Leg-lengthening surgery is gaining popularity among men ... - AOL

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    Writer Malcolm Gladwell polled half the companies on the Fortune 500 list about the height of their CEOs in 2005 and found that 58% were taller than 6 feet, even though just 14% of American men ...

  9. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man.He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.