Most boys stop growing around age 16, give or take. But Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in history, kept going until the day he died. By that time, …
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At 8'11," Robert Wadlow Was the World's Tallest Man
And he was still growing at the time of his death. But there was a lot more to Robert Wadlow than just his extraordinary height. Plus, meet the oldest person to ever live and other extraordinary beings.
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