re the comments on the 5' 29" person:

He played basketball at Wichita State University (locally known as "Hillside High" except by alumni) at about 6' 10". After graduation he enlisted in the US Marines, but was booted out ("honorable - for the good of the service") after a little less than a year, because he had a "growth spurt" that took him to his apparently permanent 7' 5" height - and they couldn't keep him in uniforms.

When I met him at a H.S. reunion, he liked to minimize his height by describing it as only 6' 17" but I though it appropriate to additionally minimize to the 5' 29" description. (Sour grapes?)

Some years ago, my design group got several puzzling complaints about "pilot accomodation" on an experimental 'plane - that were finally understood when we learned that the military unit assigned primary test functions had two test pilots at "7' or better," so I'd guess it's not all that uncommon(?).

re: "name all the 50 US States:"

While in Massachusetts, I was more than once corrected with "Massachusetts is NOT A STATE, it's a COMMONWEALTH." I believe there are a couple or four others who are offended at being referred to as "states." I guess they're entitled to ... whatever.

Just so's y'all know if you ever get to one of them. I wasn't greatly impressed by the distinction, but they seemed to think it matters ....

John