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A View From The Top.(being tall)(Brief article)
Byline: MARINA KHIDEKEL
In The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life From on High (Bloomsbury USA), Arianne Cohen reveals what it's really like to be six foot three. Here's a hint: She's been asked, "How's the air up there?" about as many times as you'd expect.
Are there perks to being tall? Tall people make more money$789 more per inch per year, which is $1.5 million over a lifetime. They also have, on average, 8 percent higher IQs. It's not that tall people are naturally smarter; it's that the factors that make people grow tall, such as good nutrition, are the same factors that make people smart.
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