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Countries Where People Grow Tallest
Countries Where
People Grow Tallest

Countries Where People Grow Tallest

European countries make up all the tallest places on Visual Capitalist's list

(Newser) - Europeans are the giraffes of humankind, according to Visual Capitalist , with Northern and Eastern European countries taking up all the top spots in its analysis of tallest people. The Netherlands tops the list, with an average height of 6-foot-0.4" for men and 5-foot-7.1" for women (worldwide, the average...

16 Hours, 27.4K Rolls of TP, and a Possible World Record

Michigan high school's robotics team hopes Guinness OKs world's tallest toilet paper pyramid

(Newser) - When Maxton Herst was a freshman at Michigan's Bullock Creek High School, he left YouTube on autoplay one day, and one of the videos that popped up showed something that piqued his interest: the world's tallest toilet-paper pyramid. Per MLive.com , he brought up the idea with fellow...

Where World's Tallest Women, Men Live
 Where World's Tallest 
 Women, Men Live 
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Where World's Tallest Women, Men Live

Latvian women, Dutch men are tallest: study

(Newser) - Latvian women are tallest in the world, with an average height of 5-foot-7, according to a new study in the journal eLife . The same study, based on 2014 data, finds Dutch men tower over the rest at an even 6 feet on average, reports the BBC . The US—home to...

World to Get Its Tallest Dam
 World to Get Its Tallest Dam 

World to Get Its Tallest Dam

1,030-footer gets OK from environmental ministry

(Newser) - The title of world's tallest dam may shift to a new country in a decade's time. Plans for a 1,030-foot dam—45 feet taller than the current title holder, Tajikistan's Nurek dam—have gotten the green light from China's environmental ministry. The $4.4 billion...

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