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Thomas Wedders, also known as Thomas Wadhouse, born in Yorkshire, England, c. 1730, was a performer in various circus sideshows in the mid-18th century.He is chiefly known for having the world's longest nose, allegedly measuring 20 cm (7.8 inches) long.
Mehmet Özyürek (17 October 1949 – 18 May 2023) was a Turkish Guinness World Record holder. He had been confirmed as having had the world's longest recorded nose. [1] His nose measured 8.80 cm (3.46 inches) when it was last measured on 18 March 2010.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man.He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Second-tallest man in the Netherlands; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam. [54] 1922–1959 (36) Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka Japan: 237 cm: 7 ft 9.3 in: Tallest man in Japan; no color images of him exist even though he died in the 1960s. [55]
5. James Earl Ray. On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr. during a speech at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., forever changing history.
Robert Hughes was born in Monticello, Missouri, the son of Abraham Guy Hughes (1878–1957) and Georgia Alice Weatharby (1906–1947).He was born "weighing a hefty but not abnormal" 11 pounds 4 ounces (5.1 kg) [2] [3] and was a "fairly average-size baby until he contracted whooping cough at about five months old."
Though the findings made by Fry's group are incredible, there are anecdotal reports from the Huaorani people of other anacondas in the area "measuring more than 7.5 meters long (24.6 feet) and ...
Scientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long, to be the largest known animal ever to exist on the planet. But it’s possible that the 202 million-year-old ...