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  2. Mandy Sellars - Wikipedia

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    Sellars was born with abnormally large and misshapen legs and feet, which continued to grow at a disproportionate rate. In a November 2009 interview, she estimated that she weighed about 21 stone (294 lb or 133 kg): 6 stone (84 lb or 38 kg) for her upper body and the remainder in her legs and feet (210 lb or 95 kg).

  3. 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.

  4. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The germinal stage refers to the time from fertilization, through the development of the early embryo, up until implantation. The germinal stage is over at about 10 days of gestation. [2] The zygote contains a full complement of genetic material with all the biological characteristics of a single human being, and develops into the embryo.

  5. Preferred walking speed - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, individuals place some value on their time. Economic theory therefore predicts that value-of-time is a key factor influencing preferred walking speed.. Levine and Norenzayan (1999) measured preferred walking speeds of urban pedestrians in 31 countries and found that walking speed is positively correlated with the country's per capita GDP and purchasing power parity, as well as with a ...

  6. Pediatric podiatry - Wikipedia

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    Children's feet are smaller than those of adults, not reaching full size until the ages of 13 in girls and 15 in boys. There are correspondingly small sizes of shoes for them. In poor populations and tropical countries , children commonly go barefoot .

  7. Leg hair - Wikipedia

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    Leg hair is hair that grows on the legs of humans, generally appearing after the onset of puberty.For aesthetic reasons and for some sports, people shave, wax, epilate, or use hair removal creams to remove the hair from their legs: see leg shaving.

  8. Millie Bobby Brown gives defiant response to criticism of her ...

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    The 20-year-old actress seemed to respond to the brash negativity in her comments on her Instagram story, in a since-expired post to kick off the New Year. On Wednesday, she simply wrote in black ...

  9. Human skeletal changes due to bipedalism - Wikipedia

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    Together the lumbar and thoracic curves bring the body's center of gravity directly over the feet. [7] Specifically, the S-shaped curve in the spine brings the center of gravity closer to the hips by bringing the torso back. Balance of the whole vertebral column over the hip joints is a major contribution for efficient bipedalism. [17]