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In 2009, Turk Sultan Kosen earned a spot in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest man on the planet. A Turk born in the city of Mardin in a family of ordinary farmers, has suffered since his childhood from a tumor located in the pituitary gland. It caused the release of an abnormal…

At the age of 14 she had a height of 2 m 6 cm. Often missed lessons and eventually leaved school. She says she didn’t fit in the school bus. – Peers scoff at me, because I cannot play with them. Things are not easier at home. I live with my mother, stepfather and sisters…

Giant height is a heavy burden for its owner. Like any natural abnormality, superhigh people attract attention, sometimes unhealthy. They are often not averse to abandon unnecessary fame and fussy hustle around themselves, they want to live, if possible, a normal life. So does Leonid Stadnik – the tallest man on the planet, about 257…

Robert Pershing Wadlow (02.22.1918 – 07.15.1940) – according to the Guinness Book of Records, the tallest man in world history, whose height has undoubted evidences. Suffering from gigantism and acromegaly, Wadlow grew his entire short life. When he died, his height was 272 cm, and weight – 199 kg. Thus, his height was 15 centimeters…