The Dutch are the world's tallest people
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Most of us are taller than our parents, who probably are taller than their parents. But in the Netherlands, the generational progression has reached new heights.
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MOSCOW - The French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" scaled Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Russian capital yesterday before being detained by police. Alain Robert climbed to the top of the 799-foot Federation office building, Europe's tallest building, in less than a half-hour using a ladder.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of Asia, a global snapshot shows.
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LONDON - Guinness World Records is awaiting the final pieces of evidence before deciding whether Nepal's shortest man can be named the shortest in the world, a spokeswoman for the company said Friday.  Khagendra Thapa Magar, 14, is 20 inches tall and weighs 10 pounds.
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Once upon a time, but not so long ago, on a tropical island midway between Asia and Australia, there lived a race of little people, whose adults stood just three and a half feet high.
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MILLAU, France -- French citizens and officials are celebrating a roadway bridge considered to be the world&#39;s tallest. The Millau bridge -- the world&#39;s tallest traffic bridge -- in Millau, France.
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Australians try to tame the giant.
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Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital yesterday.
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These winners are bigger than you ever dreamed.
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WASHINGTON - Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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Scientists have unearthed a new species of hobbit-sized humans that may have lived as recently as 12,000 years ago, sharing the earth alongside modern-day man.
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Smashing stereotypes forged over centuries and bearing the burden of being an inspiration to a billion compatriots is a mighty tall order.
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TAIPEI: Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, in the Taiwan capital yesterday.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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A bridge officially designated the tallest in the world is to be inaugurated in southern France -- a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists at 270 metres (885 feet) above the valley of the river Tarn.
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For the first time, St. Maarteners residing in The Netherlands will celebrate St.
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Pim Fortuyn, the anti-immigrant candidate for the Netherlands&#39; parliament assassinated in 2002, was voted as the greatest Dutch person ever in a national survey organized by the country&#39;s KRO public broadcaster.