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A herdsman from North China has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest naturally-growing human being.

A herdsman from North China's Inner Mongolia has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest naturally-growing human being.

The herdsman, Xi Shun received the certificate from Steward Newbert, an officer of Guinness Book of World Records Thursday.

He measures a whopping 7 foot 8.95 inch (2 meters 36.1 centimeters), taller than Radhouane Charbib who, for the last six years, has held the title of world's tallest living man.

Xi Shun, who was born in 1951, was measured in a strict meterage conducted by Chifeng City Hospital which got the commission from the Chinese agency of the Guinness headquarters in England.

The measure was carried out six times on 15 and 16 January, 2005, including morning, noon and evening tests when he stood and lay three times respectively. The height was finalized through averaging these six measurements.

Unlike most giants, the 54-year old Mongol, who has been living on a pastureland near Chifeng City since his childhood, has grown to this remarkable height naturally, and not as a result of a medical condition. His growth was normal until the age of 16, after which an inexplicable growth spurt saw his reach his record height in just seven years.

According to the survey issued by the attached hospital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Medical School, the herdsman is normal and healthy, without any diseases including gigantism.

Xi Shun has received the invitation sent by the Guinness headquarters to participate the annual Guinness Pageant on September 21 this year in London, said Tang Risong, director of the Chinese Applying Centre of the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Damn, he's two feet taller than me!


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So, how come this guy wasn't drafted by the NBA in the 70's?

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The measure was carried out six times on 15 and 16 January, 2005, including morning, noon and evening tests when he stood and lay three times respectively. The height was finalized through averaging these six measurements.


What kind of stupid hospital needs to measure a person six times before they're confident that they've got the height right? People, the maxim is measure twice, cut once.

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He's still nothing compared to the Alton Giant!

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Robert Pershing Wadlow, the gentle Giant of Alton, IL reached 8' 11".


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He's still nothing compared to the Alton Giant!

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Robert Pershing Wadlow, the gentle Giant of Alton, IL reached 8' 11".


Damn. I bet the bastard could have palmed LooGAR. By which I mean, picked him up from the ground with just his hand clutching the Senator's scalp.


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Squirrgle<Loogar<Wadlow... the ratio is probably about the same. We'd make a perfect slope standing shoulder to shoulder.

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watch your back, yao ming.

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He's not so big.


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So, how come this guy wasn't drafted by the NBA in the 70's?



see Muresan, Gheorge, and Bol, Manute.


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He ain't heavy, he's my Xi Shun


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Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:
Squirrgle<Loogar<Wadlow...

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watch your back, yao ming.


so the tallest dude in the world is only two inches taller than Yao...i thought he wouldve been a lot taller.


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Well, they do say naturally growing...I think there are people out there with pituitary diseases who are over 8' tall


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