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Correction for the height of General Tom Thumb

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How long is 0.024 shackles?
It's about seven-tenths as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 0.033 shackles.
(a.k.a. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) (circus performer; height at death)
General Tom Thumb was an LP with a height (at his death) of 0.033 shackles. Thumb stopped growing at 0.023 shackles when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
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