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The people of Ancient Egypt stood around 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) for males and 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) for females. [64] The Ancient Greeks averaged 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) for males and 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) for females. The Romans were slightly taller, with an average height of 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) for males and 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) for females. [65]
From 1630 to 1718 a millia was 5,564 feet (1,696 metres), making a geographical league of four millias equal 22,256 feet (6,784 m or 3.663 modern nautical miles). But from 1718 through the 1830s the millia was defined as the equivalent of just over 5,210 feet, giving a shorter geographical league of just over 20,842 feet (6,353 m or 3.430 ...
With the average American woman's height (20 years and older) at about 5 ft 4 in (162.1 cm) (Department of Health 2012), both standard and catalog size ranges attempt to address a variety of weights or builds as well as providing for the "shorter-than-average" height woman with "petite" and "half-sizes". However "taller-than-average" women may ...
3.5 cm – width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography; 3.78 cm – amount of distance the Moon moves away from Earth each year [113] 4.3 cm – minimum diameter of a golf ball [114] 5 cm – usual diameter of a chicken egg; 5 cm – height of a hummingbird, the smallest-known bird; 5.08 cm – 2 inches,
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.
In the 21st century, 20 of the 24 Formula One seasons have been won by competitors shorter than 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in), including 1.71 m (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Fernando Alonso, 1.74 m (5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel, and 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Nico Rosberg, with the ...
A 30-year-old skydiver is injured but alive after her parachute failed to deploy, causing her to fall more than 5,000 feet to the ground. Canadian news outlet CBC first reported the incident ...
The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit, while the people of Rome, Greece, and China preferred the foot