- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 16th, 2015
The Iconic Washington Monument Is Shorter than It Used to Be
The monument used to stand 555 feet and 5 1/8 inches tall, now measures just 554 feet and 7 11/32 inches in height
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 11th, 2015
People Are Purposely Breaking Their Legs Hoping to Grow Taller
The bizarre surgical intervention promises to add about 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) to a guy's or gal's height
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 24th, 2014
10-Year-Old Girl Is Just 97 Centimeters (38.2 Inches) Tall
Enola Hallerton suffers from a growth stunting disease, will forever stay small
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 13th, 2013
Mount McKinley Is 83 Feet (25 Meters) Shorter than Believed
New measurements show the mountain stands merely 20,237 feet (6,168 meters) tall
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 5th, 2013
Scientists Explain Why Toast Almost Always Lands Buttered Side Down
It's because of the height of the table, brainiacs claim
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 2nd, 2013
The Average European Man Is 11 Centimeters (4.33 Inches) Taller than He Used to Be
Several factors need be held accountable for this phenomenon, researchers say
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 26th, 2013
Tall Women Are More Likely to Get Cancer
Scientists document link between height and increased cancer risk
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Raluca Anghel
- April 30th, 2013
Ponytail Stunt Death Shocks Witnesses During World Record Attempt – Video
Sailendra Nath Roy was attempting to cross a river by hanging from a zip-line by his hair
- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2012
Script of the Day: elasticize.js
jQuery plugin to automatically expand textareas to the content they hold
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- January 3rd, 2011
The Genetic Variants That Make You Tall or Short
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Stefan Anitei
- April 9th, 2008
57 New "Height" Genes Have Been Found
Using genome-wide association
- Behavior/Humans
- By Stefan Anitei
- April 8th, 2008
World's Shortest Girl: 1ft (11 in) or 58 cm Tall
She weighs just 11 pounds (5 kg)
- Nature
- By Stefan Anitei
- January 28th, 2008
Could This Turn into the World's Largest Horse?
A 900 kg colt
