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  2. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    From the time of Magellan's expeditions until the end of the 18th century, European explorers reported about the Patagonians 2.7 and 3.0 m (9 and 10 ft) tall, and even an individual about 4 or 4.5 m (13 or 15 ft) tall captured by Magellan's crewmen near the Santa Cruz River (Argentina). [187]

  3. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    160.1 cm (5 ft 3 in) 1.08: University students, 19–20 (N= m:291 f:200, SD= m:6.1 cm (2.4 in) f:5.2 cm (2.0 in)) 0.6% [80] Measured: 2005 [81] Hungary: 177.3 cm (5 ft 10 in) — — 18 (N= m:1,080, SD= m:5.99 cm (2.4 in)) 1.7%: Measured: 2005 [82] Hungary: 176 cm (5 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 164 cm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.07: Adults — Measured ...

  4. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) long by 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) wide by 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) deep, weighed over 1,000 lb (450 kg), and was carried by twelve pallbearers and eight assistants. [ 1 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Alton, Illinois .

  5. Littlest intruder: Toddler crawls through White House fence - AOL

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    It may be the first successful intrusion onto the complex since the White House fence was doubled in height to roughly 13 feet (3.96-meters) in recent years after a series of security breaches ...

  6. 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.

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo da Vinci drew the Vitruvian Man within a square of side 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) and a circle about 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in radius. To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between one meter and ten meters. Light, in vacuum, travels 1 meter in 1 ⁄ 299,792,458, or 3.3356409519815E-9 of a second.

  8. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Greek foot (πούς, pous) had a length of ⁠ 1 / 600 ⁠ of a stadion, [12] one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); [13] therefore a foot was, at the time, about 302 mm (11.9 in). Its exact size varied from city to city and could range between 270 mm (10.6 in) and 350 mm (13.8 in), but lengths used for temple construction appear to ...

  9. 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 ...