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| Crazy Canadian   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: British Columbia
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Blog Entries: 2   | Life's Oddities As the title would suggest, this thread is all about odd stuff.. Tallest recorded man - 8' 11" Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), according to Guinness World Records, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the "Alton Giant" because of his Alton, Illinois hometown. Wadlow reached an unprecedented 8 feet 11.09 inches (2.72 m) in height and weighed 440 pounds (199 kg) at his death. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to a tumor within his pituitary gland. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death. By this time, his hands measured 12.75 in (324 mm) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger.  |
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