Tag: Tall

The spire of a soaring 118-story tower has topped out at over 2,227 feet above Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. Set to become the world’s second-tallest building upon its completion next year, Merdeka 118 now stands higher than China’s 2,073-foot Shanghai Tower and is dwarfed only by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. At a ceremony marking […]

Guinness World Records has confirmed a new ‘world’s tallest woman alive’, who stands at a staggering 7 feet 0.7 inches (215.16 centimetres) tall. Rumeysa Gelgi, from Turkey, wants people to be inspired by her record-breaking height into accepting themselves as they are. She said, “Every disadvantage can be turned into an advantage for yourself so […]