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That's is incorrect, the answer that the wiki.answers community gave is incorrect. Goliath was the tallest person in modern day history. Adam was the tallest person to ever live on planet earth history.
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In biblical texts, Goliath is described as a giant, but not necessarily the tallest person on earth. His height is estimated to be around 6'9" to over 9 feet tall, depending on the source.
Robert Wadlow died in 1940, and there is no way of knowing if there were taller people off record, before people cared, of in a third world country, but he is the tallest person there is record of.
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The tallest person in the world is about 8 feet 3 inches tall, while the shortest person is around 21 inches tall. This makes the difference in height between the tallest and shortest person roughly 5 feet 6 inches.
The giraffe is the tallest living quadruped on earth, with adult males reaching heights of up to 18 feet. Their long necks and legs help them to reach vegetation high up in trees, making them the tallest land animals.
The tallest structure on Earth is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, standing at 828 meters (2,717 feet) tall.