If those were real barrels stacked up, the pile would grow taller at 5, 000 mph.

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For example, the lie told to children that they would grow taller for every bite of broccoli was seen as encouraging healthy eating habits.

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Through a blend of photographs and aging footage, we watch the lanky boy grow taller but never wider, and learn with horror of the electric-shock treatment administered to him in his youth.

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Warmer conditions on the tundra trigger a cascade of change, including converting its lush but short green carpet into a taller shag, since warmer soils and deeper thaw enable taller, woody plants to grow and thrive on the tundra.

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The sculpture, taller than every entrance to the room, elicits the anxious feeling that it will grow even bigger, pushing through walls and ceiling.

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