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Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. ... 100 Jordan: 167.1 cm (5 ft 6 in) 174.8 cm (5 ft 9 in)
257 cm 8 ft 5 in Height not confirmed officially. [247] [248] born 1981 Ivan Stepanovich Loushkin Russian Empire: 257 cm 8 ft 5 in Claims of being 8 feet 5 inches (257 cm), height not confirmed officially. [249] 1811–1844 (33) Al Tomaini: United States: 255 cm: 8 ft 4.5 in: Height disputed. Claimed to be 8 ft 4 in (254 cm).
5 ft 9 in: 175 cm 175 cm: 3 in 3 in: 8 cm 8 cm 1852: Franklin Pierce: 5 ft 10 in 178 cm: Winfield Scott [76] 6 ft 5 in 196 cm: 7 in 18 cm 1848: Zachary Taylor: 5 ft 8 in 173 cm: Lewis Cass [77] 5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in 174 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 1 cm 1844: James K. Polk: 5 ft 8 in 173 cm: Henry Clay [78] 6 ft 1 in 185 cm: 5 in 13 cm 1840: William Henry ...
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.
In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.
Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) [2] [3] [4] while his weight reached 439 lb (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland , which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH).
A North Carolina father was arrested Monday after allegedly storming into a high school and choking a teenage student in a caught-on-video attack.
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