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Everyone’s talking about Kathryn Bigelow, and rightly so; she’s achieved the height of Hollywood fame as the first woman ever to win an Oscar for Best Director. But Bigelow is unusual in another way: she’s nearly 6 feet tall.
The United States Census is a humongous undertaking—a once-a-decade attempt at a comprehensive national headcount. Only 21 decennial censuses have been held, starting in 1790: That event was spearheaded by Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State.
Men and women who have grown up together and then become a couple share an unusual memory: they can remember when they were the same height. For most, it is a seesaw—rough parity when they’re young, then a growth spurt for the girl before a greater one for the boy.
In 1920, hemlines were short, whiskey illegal, and girls were named Mary. Or, at least 1 in 17.52. Other names that year, almost as fashionable, were Dorothy (1 in 33.95), Margaret (1 in 44.42) and even Ruth (1 in 47.65).
Bernice Madigan is one of the few people in the world whose life spans three centuries.
Carson Smith doesn’t mind sharing his surname with 2,376,206 other Americans. “I have an unusual first name so the last name is fine,” says the marketing analyst from Washington, DC. The only problem with being a Smith, he says, is that “sometimes people don’t believe me when I tell them my last name.”
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