It may be hard to believe, but there have been some rather strange world records set by Illinoisans over the years, beyond having a certain professional sports team setting a record for length of time between world championships (happily that came to an end in 2016).
It may be hard to believe, but there have been some rather strange world records set by Illinoisans over the years, beyond having a certain professional sports team setting a record for length of time between world championships (happily that came to an end in 2016).
Biblical giants, metaphors, longevity and more. The Bible has a lot of verses up for interpretation, let us reason together through the metaphors and facts.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average height in the United States is 5 feet, 9 inches (1.75 meters) for adult men and 5 feet, 3.5 inches (1.61 meters) for adult women. But some people can reach heights upwards of 7 or 8 feet (2.1 to 2.4 meters)!
In 1955, a new non-fiction book was released, editions of which would appear on bestseller lists for decades to come. The Guinness Book of Records, as it was then called, was stuffed with feats and facts from the human and natural worlds. The highest mountain on Earth was in there. So was the world’s tallest man (the American Robert Wadlow, whose 8ft 11ins remains unsurpassed). John R Cobb was featured for holding the world land speed record (403.135mph, set in 1947), as well as a British Friesi