Chaz Lanier was stuck in a situation he couldn’t control. He was short, standing at just 5-foot-6 as a frustrated freshman in high school, and couldn’t understand why he wasn’t growing.

Illinois wrestling star Lucas Byrd captured a national championship on Saturday, and his victory is one that is being celebrated by millions of short kings globally. Byrd won the national title in ...

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Ten thousand-year-old male skeletons from Europe measured 5 feet 6 inches, which is about a 3-inch difference from today's U.S. average. The average male was an inch shorter in the 1960s than ...