Inspirational Tall People
14 December 2006 | 2 Comments
From BBC news
The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards.
Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in Fushun, north-east China.
Attempts to use instruments failed as [...]
Auxology
7 December 2006 | 2 Comments
By STEPHEN S. HALL
The New York Times
Tallness has always been viewed as a desirable physical trait — so desirable that more than a century ago, Francis Galton began collecting measurements of British schoolchildren as a prelude to his dream of breeding genetically superior human beings. Although his eugenics project went nowhere, his obsession with [...]
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