Tag: tallest

December 13, 2021 at 1:58 pm

This First Person POV Down the World’s Tallest Waterfall is Unreal

This First Person POV Down the World's Tallest Waterfall is Unreal

Venezuela’s Angel Falls has an initial drop of 2,648ft (807m) and a total height of 3,212 (979m)

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November 15, 2021 at 4:59 pm

A Photo of the Tallest Man in Recorded History with His Family ca 1935

A Photo of the Tallest Man in Recorded History with His Family ca 1935

An 8’11” Robert Wadlow (Feb 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) with his parents and 4 siblings

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October 12, 2020 at 2:20 pm

This Texas Teen Has the Longest Legs in the World

This Texas Teen Has the Longest Legs in the World

Maci Curran stands at 6’10” and her legs make up 60% of her height!

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November 12, 2019 at 4:56 pm

Nirmal Purja Summits All 14 ‘Eight-Thousanders’ in Record 6 Months

Nirmal Purja Summits All 14 'Eight-Thousanders' in Record 6 Months

The previous world record was 7 years, 10 months and 6 days

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November 4, 2019 at 2:38 pm

In Memory of Zeus, the Tallest Dog Ever Measured by Guinness

In Memory of Zeus, the Tallest Dog Ever Measured by Guinness

He was a certified therapy dog that visited people at a nearby hospital

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May 31, 2018 at 10:51 am

Rare Color Footage from the 1930s of the Tallest Person in Recorded History

Rare Color Footage from the 1930s of the Tallest Person in Recorded History

Robert Wadlow (1918-1940) stood 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m) and weighed 491 pounds

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September 22, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Putting Big Things in Perspective by Comparing Them To Something More Familiar

Putting Big Things in Perspective by Comparing Them To Something More Familiar

Prehistoric scorpions the size of a house cat? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope

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April 12, 2016 at 4:05 pm

First-Person POV: Climbing the Tallest Skyscraper in Korea

First-Person POV: Climbing the Tallest Skyscraper in Korea

Daredevils Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov scale the 555 m (1,821 ft) Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea

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March 21, 2016 at 3:07 pm

Picture of the Day: Just the Base of an Oil Platform Being Towed Out to Sea

Picture of the Day: Just the Base of an Oil Platform Being Towed Out to Sea

Nicknamed ‘Bullwinkle’, the steel base alone is 1,352 ft tall and is regarded as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century

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September 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Troll A – The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Troll A - The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Located about 80 km off the west coast of Norway is ‘Troll A’, a colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind.

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