Born today in 1918. The tallest person ever recorded at 1 inch shy of 9 feet. He only lived to age 22 and was still growing furiously at the time of his death (which was caused by an infected sore from one of his leg braces).
“Wadlow was a 6-footer at the age of 8. At 10, he was 6 feet, 5 inches and weighed 210 pounds. At 13, he was ‘the world’s tallest Boy Scout,’ standing 7 feet, 4 inches. He was 17 when he topped 8 feet”.
Autopsy revealed, no surprise, that he had a pituitary gland defect that produced excess growth hormone. Today this condition would probably be corrected early on, which is why most of the tallest people in the world now are in third world countries.
The current tallest living person is 8 inches shorter that Robert was.
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