Unthinkable World Records That People Have Broken

The Tallest Man and the Smallest Woman

A match made in heaven, right? Sultan Kösen currently holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest living man at 8 feet and 2 inches tall. His counterpart, Jyoti Amge, is known as the smallest living woman in the world at a solid 2 feet tall. Kösen is almost four times the height of Amge!

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