Take the things that have vanished from this world, for example. It's not just the things listed above but also the third gender in biology, the second diamond-shaped moon in the sky, races of people with green hair and red skin, springs that could cure nearly all illnesses including cancer and were everywhere, overly complex and elusive early developments of something seeming to be called "liangzi technology"... due to a filthy harem, being too dazzling, obstructing the view, or simply failing to highlight the supremacy of top beings for unimportant reasons like these.
Compared to these, 170,000 causes of death from being taller than the Emperor were mere trifles. Speaking of which, the dwarfs who survived to this day were really fortunate since that Emperor happened to be the tallest among all, measuring at three meters and forty-one centimeters.
