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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    The number of cases was 57,574, with an average age of 48 years and a median age of 47 years. They were all over 18 years old at the time of the investigation. Regardless of age, urbanity or rurality, ethnic groups, or provinces, the average height of males was 169.60 cm, while the average height of females was 158.88 cm.

  3. Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the ...

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    The second-tallest unsuccessful candidate is John Kerry at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). The shortest unsuccessful presidential candidate is Stephen A. Douglas at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm). The next shortest is Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 election and is 5 ft 41⁄2 in (164 cm). The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the ...

  4. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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    Toronto Blue Jays teammates, 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) catcher José Molina (left) and 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) pitcher Jon Rauch, in 2011. In baseball, height is considered especially advantageous for pitchers and they are generally taller than other players. In 2019, the median height of pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).

  5. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest human in recorded history was Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940), who was 272 cm (8 ft 11 in). He received media attention in 1939 when he was measured to be the tallest man in the world, After reaching a height of 267 cm (8 ft 9 in). There are reports about even taller people ...

  6. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    An adult human foot is about 28 cm (11 in) long. The decimetre ( SI symbol: dm ) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10 −1 metres ( ⁠ 1 / 10 ⁠ m = 0.1 m ). To help compare different orders of magnitude , this section lists lengths between 10 centimetres and 100 centimetres (10 −1 metre and 1 metre).

  7. Shaku (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.9942 ft. 11.93 in. Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot[1][2] is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger [3][a] (compare span). Traditionally, the length varied by location or use, but it is now ...

  8. Inch - Wikipedia

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    1 / 36 ⁠ yd or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ ft. Metric (SI) units. 25.4 mm. A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠ 1 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 12 ⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is ...

  9. Swedish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The system was slightly revised in 1735. In 1855, a decimal reform was instituted that defined a new Swedish inch as 1 ⁄ 10 Swedish foot (2.96 cm or 1.17 inches). Up to the middle of the 19th century, there was a law allowing the imposition of the death penalty for falsifying weights or measures.