Today is the birthday of Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), the tallest man ever recorded (at least the tallest since Goliath). At the time of his death, he was 8′ 11.1″ tall, but I’ve always been fond of rounding it off to nine feet. By age five he was already 5′ 4″…by age ten, he was 6′ [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:45AM on February 22, 2013