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Tall and Skinny

Talk about clever… did you hear about the baseball fan who came up with a way to watch the World Series in person without having to shell out hundreds of dollars for a ticket? Instead of paying for a seat he donned 4-foot stilts and watched through the steel gates. Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Harpster told news reporters that from his spot on his stilts he could see the outfield, the pitching and any balls hit in play, but he couldn’t see the batters on Saturday night during his attempt to watch the Tigers’ first World Series game in 22 years. (By … Continue reading →

Want Tall Children? Marry A Dutch Man (Or Woman)

So you say you’d like your child to play in the NBA… or at least to score points (and perhaps a basketball scholarship) at a leading university. Besides talent your child is going to need some serious height. So where can you get the gene that will allow them to tower over their classmates? Apparently, from the Dutch. A new report out says in the last 150 years, the Dutch have become the tallest people on Earth — and experts say they’re still getting bigger. Chock it up to the nation’s health and wealth. Studies show the Dutch thrive on … Continue reading →