The world's tallest and shortest man in the Guinness Book of
World Records, met each other for the first time on Thursday November 13 at an
event in London.
The tallest man, 31 year-old Sultan Kosen from Turkey, a
part-time farmer, is 8 feet 3 inches tall and can reach a basketball hoop
without jumping. He became the world's tallest living man in 2009. He also
holds the record for largest hands on a living person. His hands measure 11.2
inches from the wrist to the tip of his middle finger.
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The shortest man, 74 year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from
Nepal, is just 21½ inches tall and is the shortest adult human ever verified by
Guinness World Records. He works as a weaver who also helps look after
buffaloes & cows in his remote mountain village of Reemkholi. He weighs
just 32 pounds.
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