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  2. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    5 Height chart. 6 See also. ... Height: 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) ... Height and weight of Robert Wadlow, by age of measurement Age Height Weight

  3. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    Robert Wadlow, the tallest verified human, with his 5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (182 cm) father This is a list of the tallest people , verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history , measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 ...

  4. The life of the tallest man who ever lived is utterly ... - AOL

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    Three years later, Wadlow towered at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed nearly 200 pounds. Here's Wadlow's height and weight plotted alongside the CDC's growth chart for healthy males ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [115] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [116] 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

  6. Gigantism - Wikipedia

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    Gigantism (Greek: γίγας, gígas, "giant", plural γίγαντες, gígantes), also known as giantism, is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average. In humans, this condition is caused by over-production of growth hormone in childhood.

  7. Väinö Myllyrinne - Wikipedia

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    Väinö Myllyrinne (27 February 1909 – 13 April 1963) [1] was a Finnish acromegalic giant who was at one time (1940–1963) the world's tallest living person, and may have become the tallest after the death of Robert Wadlow. He stood 224 cm (7 ft 4 in) and weighed 141 kg (22 stone; 311 pounds) at the age of 21, but experienced a second phase ...

  8. Zeng Jinlian - Wikipedia

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    Her abnormal height development started when she was four months old. Zeng outgrew her mother by age five and at age 13, she stood 232 cm (7 ft 7.5 in), taller than the tallest man Robert Wadlow was at the same age, at 224 cm (7 ft 4 in). Zeng still attended school, starting at age 7 and graduating in 1980.

  9. John Rogan - Wikipedia

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    Rogan's hands measured 11 in (28 cm) in length and his feet measured 13 in (33 cm) in length. [1] Around the time of his death he measured 8 ft 9 in (2.67m). He is the second tallest person on record. Robert Wadlow's height surpassed Rogan's in 1939. A newspaper article reported that his maternal grandfather was also a giant, requiring a larger ...