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The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
His enormous size both in terms of his body weight and height made him one of the biggest humans to have ever lived. He was officially confirmed to have stood at a height of 7 ft 6 in (229 cm) tall [ 2 ] and weighed around 860 to 1,070 lb (390 to 490 kg), and possibly even more; his average weight was 1,049 lb (476 kg). [ 3 ]
103: Italian neurologist, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and senator [124] Paul A. Libby: 1921–2021: 100: American fluid dynamicist [125] Edward J. Lofgren: 1914–2016: 102: American physicist [126] James Lovelock: 1919–2022: 103: British chemist [127] Lu Yuanjiu: 1920–2023: 103
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.
The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches.
Maude Farris-Luse (February 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002), later known as Maud Luse, was an American supercentenarian.According to the Guinness World Records, she was the oldest person in the world from June 2001 until her death nine months later, at age 115 years, 25 days.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1.