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0–6
m
6–3
0 m
Ave
rag
e h
eig
ht
of a
hu
man
1.6
6 m
(5 f
t 5
in)
Zen
g J
inlia
n (1
964
–82)
of
Yu
jian
g vi
llag
e in
th
e B
rig
ht
Moo
n C
omm
un
e, H
un
an
Pro
vin
ce, C
hin
a,
mea
sure
d 2.
46
m
(8 f
t 1
in) a
t th
e ti
me
of h
er d
eath
on
13
Feb
198
2.
The
talle
st m
an in
med
ical
his
tory
is
Rob
ert
Per
shin
g W
adlo
w (
US
A),
w
ho,
wh
en la
st m
easu
red
on
27 J
un
194
0, w
as 2
.72
m (8
ft
11.1
in) t
all.
He
was
alr
ead
y 1.
63
m (5
ft
4 in
) at
the
age
of fi
ve, a
nd
pas
sed
2.4
5 m
(8
ft
0.5
in) b
y th
e ag
e of
17,
mak
ing
him
– n
ot
surp
risi
ng
ly –
th
e ta
llest
te
enag
er (e
ver)
. Wh
en h
e d
ied
, ag
ed ju
st 2
2, h
e w
as
bu
ried
in a
3.2
8-m
-lon
g (1
0-f
t 9-
in) c
offin
. To
find
out
mor
e ab
out
this
rem
arka
ble
man
, tu
rn t
o p
.66
.
An
adu
lt m
ale
gir
affe
(Gir
affa
cam
elop
ard
alis
) ty
pic
ally
mea
sure
s 4
.6–5
.5 m
(15
–18
ft)
tall.
Th
e ta
llest
gir
affe
ever
was
a M
asai
bu
ll (G
. c. t
ipp
elsk
irch
i)
nam
ed G
eorg
e w
ho
was
re
ceiv
ed a
t C
hes
ter
Zoo
, U
K, i
n 19
59, a
nd
wh
o st
ood
c. 1
9 ft
(5.8
m).
Hel
pin
g R
ich
ie T
rim
ble
(U
SA
) see
ove
r th
e to
p of
th
e ta
llest
gir
affe
is
the
6.1
5-m
(20
-ft
2.5
-in)
S
toop
idta
ller.
To p
rove
th
at it
cou
ld b
e ri
dd
en,
Ric
hie
cyc
led
for
a m
inim
um
dis
tan
ce
of 1
00
m (
328
ft)
in
Los
An
gel
es,
Cal
ifor
nia
, US
A,
on 2
6 D
ec 2
013
.
The
talle
st o
f th
e st
atu
es
– or
moa
i – t
hat
rem
ain
stan
din
g on
Eas
ter
Isla
nd
(Rap
a N
ui)
mea
sure
s 9.
8 m
(3
2 ft
1 in
). T
he
74.3
9-to
nn
e (8
2-U
S t
on)
figu
re is
loca
ted
at A
hu
Te P
ito
Kura
an
d h
as
bee
n n
amed
“P
aro”
.
It t
ook
two
wee
ks f
or
Ted
Sie
ber
t an
d h
is t
eam
fr
om t
he
San
d S
culp
ture
C
omp
any
(US
A) t
o b
uild
th
e w
orld
’s t
alle
st
san
dca
stle
. Ere
cted
on
Vir
gin
ia K
ey B
each
in
Mia
mi,
Flor
ida,
US
A,
in O
ct 2
015
, it
mea
sure
d 13
.97
m
(45
ft 1
0.2
5 in
) tal
l.
Talle
st…
SUPERLATIVES
Wha
t’s
bigg
er?
The
talles
t sn
owm
an o
r th
e ta
lles
t din
osau
r? T
he lar
gest
cru
ise
liner
or
the
talles
t st
atue?
And
whe
re d
o yo
u fi
t in
? Yo
u’re
sur
e to
be
shor
ter
than
the
tal
lest
man
, but
how
do
you
com
pare
to
the
talles
t d
og?
Find
out
her
e!
Ch
ocol
ate
Eas
ter
egg
10.3
9 m
A c
hoc
olat
e E
aste
r eg
g m
easu
rin
g 10
.39
m (
34
ft
1 in
) tal
l was
mad
e by
Tos
ca
(ITA
) an
d m
easu
red
at L
e A
ccia
ieri
e S
hop
pin
g V
illag
e in
Cor
ten
uov
a, It
aly,
on
16 A
pr
2011
. It
had
a
circ
um
fere
nce
of
19.6
m (6
4 ft
3.6
in)
at it
s w
ides
t p
oin
t an
d w
eig
hed
an
ele
ph
anti
ne
7.2
ton
nes
(1
5,8
73 lb
).
San
dca
stle
13.9
7 m
Wom
an (e
ver)
2.4
6 m
Man
(eve
r)2
.72
m
Mam
mal
4.6
–5.5
m
Wh
en m
easu
red
on 4
Oct
20
11, Z
eus
(20
08
–14)
, a
Gre
at D
ane
own
ed b
y th
e D
oorl
ag f
amily
of
Ots
ego
in M
ich
igan
, US
A, m
easu
red
1.11
m (
3 ft
8 in
) to
th
e sh
ould
er.
Dog
(eve
r)
1.11
m
30
–10
0 m
In F
eb 2
00
8, r
esid
ents
of
Bet
hel
in
Mai
ne,
US
A, b
uilt
a s
now
man
(n
amed
Oly
mp
ia, s
o te
chn
ical
ly
a sn
oww
oman
) mea
suri
ng
37.
21
m (1
22
ft 1
in) t
all.
The
len
gth
y la
dy
had
sp
ruce
tre
es f
or a
rms
and
skis
for
eye
lash
es.
A b
onfir
e st
and
ing
47.3
9 m
(1
55
ft 5
in) h
igh
was
er
ecte
d by
Slin
nin
gsb
ålet
(N
OR
) an
d lit
on
25 J
un
2016
in
Åle
sun
d, N
orw
ay. T
he
bon
fire
was
b
uilt
by
han
d ov
er t
he
cou
rse
of
abou
t th
ree
mon
ths.
The
Pyr
amid
of
Kh
ufu
at
Giz
a, E
gyp
t,
is t
he
wor
ld’s
tal
lest
. Als
o kn
own
as
the
Gre
at P
yram
id, i
t w
as 1
46
.7 m
(4
81
ft 3
in) h
igh
wh
en c
omp
lete
d ar
oun
d 4
,50
0 y
ears
ag
o, b
ut
eros
ion
and
van
dal
ism
hav
e re
du
ced
its
hei
gh
t to
13
7.5
m (4
51 f
t 1
in) t
oday
.
An
iceb
erg
esti
mat
ed t
o ri
se 1
67 m
(55
0 f
t) t
all –
or
55
stor
eys
– ab
ove
the
wat
er
line
was
rep
orte
d off
wes
tern
G
reen
lan
d by
th
e ic
ebre
aker
U
SC
GC
Eas
twin
d in
195
7.Lau
nch
ed in
20
09
and
2010
res
pec
tive
ly, R
oyal
C
arib
bea
n’s
Oas
is-c
lass
cru
ise
ship
s M
S O
asis
of
the
Sea
s an
d M
S A
llure
of
the
Sea
s h
ave
a ke
el-t
o-fu
nn
el h
eig
ht
of 8
1 m
(2
65
ft 8
in) w
hen
th
e 7-
m (2
2-ft
11
-in)
tel
esco
pic
par
t of
th
e fu
nn
el is
fu
lly e
xten
ded
.
Iceb
erg
167
m
Flag
pol
e17
1 m
The
flag
pol
e in
Kin
g A
bd
ulla
h S
qu
are
in
Jed
dah
, Sau
di A
rab
ia,
is 1
71 m
(561
ft)
tal
l. It
flie
s a
flag
th
at
mea
sure
s 49
.35
m
(161
ft
10 in
) in
len
gth
– t
he
size
of
an
Oly
mp
ic
swim
min
g p
ool!
Pyr
amid
146
.7 m
Pas
sen
ger
lin
er8
1 m
C
hri
stm
as t
ree
67.3
6 m
In D
ec 1
950
, Nor
thg
ate
Mal
l in
Sea
ttle
, Was
hin
gto
n, U
SA
, u
nvei
led
thei
r n
ew C
hri
stm
as
tree
: a f
ully
dec
orat
ed
Dou
gla
s fir
(Pse
ud
otsu
ga
men
zies
ii) t
hat
rep
orte
dly
re
ach
ed a
hei
gh
t of
67.
36
m
(22
1 ft
).
Sn
owm
an3
7.2
1 m
B
onfi
re4
7.3
9 m
Din
osau
r re
mai
ns
dis
cove
red
in 1
994
in
Okl
ahom
a, U
SA
, bel
ong
to w
hat
is b
elie
ved
to b
e th
e la
rges
t cr
eatu
re t
o h
ave
ever
wal
ked
the
Ear
th. S
auro
pos
eid
on s
tood
at
18 m
(6
0 f
t) t
all –
th
e si
ze o
f a
fou
r-st
orey
hou
se –
an
d w
eig
hed
60
ton
nes
(13
2,2
77 lb
).
Din
osau
r18
m
The
Zh
ong
yuan
Bu
dd
ha
in L
ush
an C
oun
ty, H
enan
P
rovi
nce
, Ch
ina,
tow
ers
127.
64
m (4
18 f
t 9.
1 in
) ov
er t
he
lan
dsc
ape.
It
was
con
secr
ated
on
1 S
ep 2
00
9 an
d w
as m
easu
red
on
2 D
ec t
hat
yea
r. It
is m
ore
than
7,6
00
tim
es
talle
r th
an t
he
aver
age
per
son
.
Sta
tue
127.
64
m
Tree
(liv
ing
)11
5.5
4 m
100
–50
0 m
Mou
nta
in10
,20
5 m
Ever
est
may
be
the
hig
hes
t m
oun
tain
(at
8,8
48
m;
29,
02
9 ft
), b
ut
Mau
na
Kea
(Wh
ite
Mou
nta
in) o
n th
e is
lan
d of
Haw
aii,
US
A, i
s th
e ta
llest
. M
easu
red
from
its
sub
mar
ine
bas
e in
th
e H
awai
ian
Trou
gh
to it
s p
eak,
it h
as a
hei
gh
t of
10
,20
5 m
(3
3,4
80
ft)
, of
wh
ich
4,2
05
m (1
3,7
96 f
t)
is a
bov
e se
a le
vel.
The
Bu
rj K
hal
ifa
(Kh
alif
a To
wer
) has
hel
d th
e re
cord
for
tal
lest
b
uild
ing
sin
ce it
op
ened
in
Du
bai
, UA
E, o
n 4
Jan
20
10. A
t 8
28 m
(2
,716
ft
6 in
) tal
l, th
e 16
0-s
tore
y to
wer
is a
lso
the
talle
st m
an-m
ade
stru
ctu
re o
n la
nd
.
> 5
00
mW
ater
fall
979
m
The
Sal
to A
ng
el (“
An
gel
Fal
ls”)
in
Ven
ezu
ela
lies
on a
bra
nch
of
th
e C
arra
o R
iver
an
d is
th
e h
igh
est
wat
erfa
ll in
th
e w
orld
. It
has
a t
otal
dro
p of
979
m (
3,2
12 f
t), w
ith
the
lon
ges
t si
ng
le d
rop
bei
ng
80
7 m
(2,6
48
ft).
The
falls
wer
e n
amed
af
ter
the
Am
eric
an p
ilot
Jim
mie
An
gel
(d. 8
Dec
19
56)
, wh
o re
cord
ed t
hem
in
his
log
boo
k on
16
Nov
193
3,
alth
oug
h th
ey h
ad a
lso
bee
n re
por
ted
by t
he
Ven
ezu
elan
ex
plo
rer
Ern
esto
Sán
chez
la
Cru
z in
19
10.
Bu
ildin
g8
28
m
Str
uct
ure
1,4
32
m
If “
hei
gh
t” is
defi
ned
as
the
dis
tan
ce t
hat
a s
tru
ctu
re
exte
nd
s u
pwar
ds
from
th
e E
arth
’s s
urf
ace,
th
en t
he
Mag
nol
ia E
xten
ded
Ten
sion
Le
g P
latf
orm
in t
he
Gu
lf o
f M
exic
o is
th
e w
orld
’s t
alle
st
man
-mad
e st
ruct
ure
. It
stre
tch
es 1
,43
2 m
(4,6
98 f
t)
from
th
e se
abed
to
the
top
of t
he
floa
tin
g p
latf
orm
.
“Hyp
erio
n” is
a c
oast
red
woo
d (S
equ
oia
sem
per
vire
ns)
th
at
reac
hed
115
.54
m (
379
ft)
tal
l w
hen
mea
sure
d in
Sep
20
06
. It
was
dis
cove
red
by C
hri
s A
tkin
s an
d M
ich
ael T
aylo
r (b
oth
US
A)
in t
he
Red
woo
d N
atio
nal
Par
k,
Cal
ifor
nia
, US
A, o
n 25
Au
g 20
06
. It
is n
earl
y tw
ice
the
hei
gh
t of
th
e ta
llest
C
hri
stm
as t
ree.
The
Trol
l A g
as in
stal
lati
on,
loca
ted
off N
orw
ay in
th
e N
orth
Sea
, mea
sure
s 47
2 m
(1,5
48
ft) t
all a
nd
wei
ghs
c. 6
83,
60
0 t
onn
es
(672
,80
0 t
ons)
. It
stan
ds
30
3 m
(994
ft)
bel
ow t
he
wat
er’s
su
rfac
e. T
roll
A is
m
ade
from
en
oug
h st
eel t
o b
uild
15
Eiff
el T
ower
s, a
nd
enou
gh
con
cret
e to
bu
ild
the
fou
nd
atio
ns
of 2
15,0
00
h
omes
. It
is a
lso
the
talle
st
man
-mad
e ob
ject
eve
r m
oved
, hav
ing
bee
n to
wed
ou
t to
its
curr
ent
loca
tion
.
Off
shor
e g
as p
latf
orm
472
m
Bic
ycle
6.1
5 m
Moa
i (st
and
ing
)9.
8 m
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
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