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@DethBeard
Apocryphal story, when Everest was first measured the height was recorded as 29000 feet, but it was feared to be considered an estimate so was officially stated as 29002ft.
Current height is 8848m or 8844m depending if you include the snow/ice at the peak, or the rock height.
Quite impressive that in the 1850's they measured it to within 99.9% accuracy