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. this is not the same man. this guy might be tall, but he's not the tallest.
finally! some specs! so how tall is the guy in the OP? it's like here's a picture of the world's most expensive Cadbury egg....and yet I will not list the price
One of these days I'm going to teach you how to use Google. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=474101&in_page_id=1811
hey, hay, hai, I am a busy man. I don't even like copying and pasting links let alone using an search engine device. I'm just saying, try to include pertinent and relevant information in your thread otherwise it'll anger the thread pixies. don't mind me, I'm hopped up on caffeine
I know, TY. I made my way through the thread and clicked on it...otherwise I would have whined and post it myself
Ok so I was caught going directly to the end of the thread. It's always hard for me to read in quotes LOL better get my glasses on
Andre the Giant was also one of the heaviest drinkers of all time. He was known to finish a bottle of Vodka in a single sitting. His fellow wrestlers remembered him drinking a 30 pack of beer on the bus going from the hotel to the event. He was estimated to have averaged 8,000 calories from alcoholic beverages each day. It's amazing to think that when you saw him in the ring performing in front of thousands of fans, he had enough alcohol in his body to kill the average man, and he didn't even appear drunk. That said, it's true that big people do not have long lives. That's generally true across all species. The larger an individual is within the species compared to the average, the shorter the expected life. Strangely enough, it works opposite when you're talking about species size as a whole. So the larger a species is, the longer the expected lifespan (in general). Some whales, for instance, live to be 150+ years old.