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Tallest Man in World Dethroned.
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| Yan |
| quote: | Ukraine man declared the world's tallest
KIEV, Ukraine - A Ukrainian man is the tallest person in the world at 8 feet 5 inches, overshadowing a Chinese man who previously held the title, Guinness World Records said Wednesday.
Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian, is 8 inches taller than the former titleholder, China's Bao Xishun, who measured 7 feet 9 inches, Guinness World Records spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza said in London.
Stadnik's growth spurt started at age 14 after a brain operation apparently stimulated his pituitary gland, which produces the human growth hormone.
He lives with his mother, Halyna, in northwestern Ukraine, taking care of the family's house and garden.
According to Guiness, the tallest man in medical history was Illinois native Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was 8 feet 11 inches and died in 1940 at the age of 22.
Source: Yahoo |
WTFD33RH4X. Seriously. I feel so damn short compared to this guy. And I'm just an average height. Wooooow... |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by gwrmarines
Ok. |
REPOST.
Come on, man. I'm trying to channel josh4 here. Throw me a bone. And your TA keyboard. |
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| chimera66 |
| 37 year old and living at home with his mom PLUS he's a freak of nature...sucks |
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| Sunsnail |
| stupid radiation |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
37 year old and living at home with his mom PLUS he's a freak of nature...sucks |
It's actually fairly common to find men and women living with their parents way past their prime ages in the components making up the former USSR.
Usually, married couples move into their parents' homes. Weaksauce but true. |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
It's actually fairly common to find men and women living with their parents way past their prime ages in the components making up the former USSR.
Usually, married couples move into their parents' homes. Weaksauce but true. |
I spent a couple months in lovely "mother Russia" so I'm aware but I'm assuming he never married and is doomed to tend his mother's garden until he dies so that sucks. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
stupid radiation |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
in Chernobyl man. |
botched brain operation? |
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| Frenchie |
| holy tallness batman. |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
botched brain operation? |
Doctors were mutants too. |
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