Correction for the height of General Tom Thumb
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How long is 8 hands?
It's about nine-tenths as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 9 hands.
(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 9 hands. Thumb stopped growing at 6.30 hands when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.