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The world's tallest man ever recorded in the history of mankind - Robert Wadlow, was born in Alton, Illinois, in 1918, and was 6 feet tall by the time he was even eight years old. He suffered from the disorder Gigantism that makes the lower portions of the body extremely large, while the head and torso remain at normal sizes. This is caused by a pituitary gland tumor that excretes large amounts of growth hormone, resulting in the disorder that is technically called as acromegalic gigantism. He reached a final height of 8 feet 11 inches at the age of twenty-one years, and finally died of an inflamed leg.

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it is better than being like pinping who is 74 cm

dd at at 02:11PM, Sep 6th 2011.

Cool... Girlfriend never had to kneel to... you know :p

funny at at 12:07PM, Sep 2nd 2011.

Amazing

Amman at at 12:12PM, Jul 16th 2011.

it looks like he is on stilts

Emma Evans at at 02:55PM, Jun 15th 2011.

He looks like the empire state building. No lies...

Lucas at at 01:11PM, May 11th 2011.

I feel bad for him, must have always felt uncomfortable and also died at the age of 21...that sucks man.

Tanya at at 06:04PM, Apr 3rd 2011.

i wonder how big his rooster was... (no homo)

idk at at 10:52AM, Mar 2nd 2011.

that iz friggin tall i feel sorry for him it must have been hard to find a bed he could sleep in and by the way y do you guys wanna knw the size of his memba sik minded people dees days

you dnt wanan knw at at 09:39AM, Feb 18th 2011.

wow it nice i wonder what he can do.

menatzi at at 12:58AM, Feb 5th 2011.

i would never wanna be that tall

sachin at at 11:03AM, Jan 24th 2011.

vichu wrote: #
thats huge

That's what she said.

Lasko at at 04:07PM, Jan 22nd 2011.

I wonder how many whornies had commented about this picture

mike at at 10:18PM, Nov 26th 2010.

his freaking tall

eugene at at 04:45PM, Nov 19th 2010.

Wonder who made his pants.

Talented Loser at at 11:40PM, Oct 12th 2010.

I REALLY hate to be that guy, but just think about it. He could slap someone in the face with his member while they were BOTH standing up.

That would be the ultimate win to any argument. Just saying.

And Impressed Male at at 11:12PM, Aug 27th 2010.

thats huge

vichu at at 08:56AM, Jun 5th 2010.

Bob wrote: #
so EVERY part of his lower body was huge...below the torso...wow. including...uhh,wow.

lol imagine that.. he should hold two world records...

nithun at at 09:22AM, May 29th 2010.

It says that he was six feet when he was eight years old not in that picutre..

Elizabeth at at 07:24PM, May 13th 2010.

JUST ANOTHER INTERESTING PERSON wrote: #
6 Feet?Looks like a giant.Come on it has to be more.xp

His total hight was EIGHT feet, eleven inches, if you would have read on. lol

Me at at 09:36AM, May 5th 2010.

Its not 6 feet, he was 6 feet by age eight it said. His final height was over EIGHT FEET at age 21 when he died.

Sean McCann at at 01:49PM, Apr 27th 2010.

cool his you know must be as big as a head

thas awsame at at 08:52AM, Apr 23rd 2010.

hello u r a very large person ok bye

harry potter at at 07:43AM, Apr 22nd 2010.

Maybe it was the size of ur head

Anonymous at at 02:11AM, Apr 17th 2010.

One interesting fact is that the name of the town literally means "Tall guy" in spanish (alto = tall; alton = slang for altote or really tall guy). Look it up!

Meme at at 05:06PM, Apr 15th 2010.

Wow this is a very cool fact. Who knew someone could be this tall!

David at at 09:33PM, Apr 13th 2010.

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