From Slate: ‘Guinness World Records Day’ if you haven’t heard already, and people
all over the world are celebrating from NBC’s Al Roker attempting a
record setting 34-hour weather newscast, to the world’s tallest man
(Sultan Kosen is 8’9″) meeting the world’s shortest man (Chandra Bahadur
Dangi is 1’9.5″).
“Guinness World Records Day,” and the record-keepin’ company celebrated with a meeting between the world’s tallest and shortest men in London.
Turkey’s Sultan Kosen is 8’9″ and Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi is 1’9.5″. Kosen is a 31-year-old farmer and Dangi is a 74-year-old who makes “placemats and head straps for villagers carrying heavy loads,” AFP writes.
“Even though he is short and I am tall, we have had similar struggles throughout our lives,” Kosen said, “and when I look into Chandra’s eyes I can see he is a good man.”
Check out the pictures, these are the very definition of juxtaposition:
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