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Jane Bunford was the tallest English person ever measuring at 7 foot 11 inches and the two tallest men from England were Frederick Kempster and Willian Brady, both had an equal standing height of 7 foot 9 inches tall.
The tallest tower ever made is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It stands at a height of 828 meters (2,717 feet) and has been the tallest man-made structure in the world since its completion in 2010.
The tallest drop-in on a skateboard ever recorded was by Tony Hawk in 2015. He successfully dropped in from a height of 39 feet (11.93 meters) at the Grand Canyon West Rim in Arizona.
The tallest man in recorded history was Robert Wadlow, who stood at 8 feet 11.1 inches (272 cm) tall. He was born in 1918 and reached this remarkable height due to an overactive pituitary gland, which led to a condition known as gigantism.
The tallest tsunami ever recorded was approximately 1,720 feet tall. It happened in Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958 following a massive landslide into the water.