I chuckled when I saw the movie "The Last Samurai", he was the tallest person in the whole movie.
By country, the Dutch are the tallest people in the world, the Japanese are the shortest.
I thought that movie was a bit ridiculous.
I’ve been to Holland and I’m 6’2”.
There were a ton of hot blondes as tall as me with heels/pumps on.
We walked through the Red Light District…I saw zero white chicks.
Japan had an entire battalion made up of only soldiers six foot and taller. It got wiped out.
They're so tall they've had to alter their building codes for doorway height and such.
Holland began a federally-subsidized nutrition program for pregnant women immediately after WWII. The US didn't have any such program until (IIRC) the early 70s. So the US might catch up in time. Or maybe the Dutch just keep getting taller and taller and ....