' means feet and " means inches. right arrow or space for next slide left arrow for previous slide Gigantism is a disorder/ mutation/ genetic disease where people grow too much too fast Dwarfism is the opposite where you grow too little too slow A midget is basically in between a dwarf and a short person
Fun Facts: Height differences among men is more than among women, that's why there's more extra-tall men than extra-tall women The Dinka, Dutch, and Croatians are the tallest people in the world, and the shortest are Timorese, Laosians, and the Malagasy It's quite rare to see someone over 7 foot tall in person. The tallest I've seen were store employee men about 6' 8"