|
HUMANS
HEIGHT
TALLEST
MAN EVER:-
|
ROBERT
PERSHING WADLOW |
|
288
CM |
|
BORN
IN 1918 AND DIED IN 1940 |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
TALLEST
MAN ALIVE:-
|
HAJI
MOHAMMED ALAM CHANNA |
|
231
CM |
|
BORN
IN 1956 |
|
NATIONALITY:
PAKISTANI |
TALLEST
WOMAN EVER:-
|
ZENG
JINLAIN |
|
248
CM |
|
BORN
IN 1964 AND DIED IN 1982 |
|
NATIONALITY:
CHINESE |
|
NOTE:
EVERYONE IN HER FAMILY WAS OF NORMAL SIZE |
TALLEST
WOMAN ALIVE:-
|
SANDY
ALLEN |
|
223.5
CM |
|
BORN
IN 1955 |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
WEIGHT
HEAVIEST
MALE IN HISTORY:-
|
JON
BROWER MINNOCH |
|
442 KG |
|
BORN
IN 1941 AND DIED IN 1983 |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
|
NOTE:
IN 1978, JON WENT TO A HOSPITAL, SUFFERING FROM HEART FAILURE. HE WAS CARRIED
BY A DOZEN FIREMEN AND AN IMPROVIZED TO MOVE HIM FROM HIS HOME TO A FERRY
BOAT! |
HEAVIEST
MALE ALIVE:-
|
T.J.
ALBERT JACKSON |
|
404
KG |
|
BORN
IN 1941 |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
HEAVIEST
FEMALE EVER:-
|
ROSELIE
BRADFORD |
|
476
KG |
|
BORN
IN 1944 (STILL ALIVE) |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
|
NOTE:
SHE'S NOW ON A DIET AND HER WEIGHT HAS DROPPED TO 148 KG! |
CHILDREN
MOST
CHILDREN EVER:-
|
69 |
|
MOTHER:
FEODOR VASSILYEV |
|
BORN
IN 1707 AND DIED IN 1782 |
|
NATIONALITY:
RUSSIAN |
MOST
CHILDREN (ALIVE):-
|
55 |
|
MOTHER:
LEONTINA ALBINA |
|
BORN
IN 1925 |
|
NATIONALITY:
CHILEAN |
|
NOTE:
HER LAST CHILD WAS BORN WHEN SHE WAS 57 YEARS OLD! |
HIGHEST
NUMBER AT A SINGLE BIRTH:-
|
TEN
(DECAPELTS) |
|
2
MALES, 8 FEMALES |
|
IN
BRAZIL, 1936 |
AGE
OLDEST
PERSON EVER:-
|
AL
HAGG MAHAMAD |
|
CLAIMS TO BE 152 YEARS OLD |
|
BORN
IN 1848 (STILL ALIVE) |
|
NATIONALITY:
EGYPTIAN |
OLDEST
PERSON EVER RECORDED:-
|
SHIGECHIYO
IZUMI |
|
120
YEARS OLD |
|
1865-1986 |
|
NATIONALITY:
JAPANESE |
OLDEST
PERSON ALIVE:-
|
JEANE
CALMENT |
|
BORN
IN 1875 |
|
NATIONALITY:
FRENCH |
HANDS,
FEET AND HAIR
LONGEST
FINGERNAILS:-
|
SHIRDAHR
CHILLAL |
|
BORN
IN 1937 |
|
LONGEST
NAIL = 520CM |
|
NATIONALITY:
INDIAN |
|
NOTE:
HE DIDN'T CUT HIS NAILS FOR 39 YEARS! |
LONGEST
HAIR:-
|
3.65
M |
|
NATIONALITY:
POLISH |
|
NOTE:
THE WOMAN DIDN'T CUT HER HAIR FOR 52 YEARS! |
LARGEST
BEARD:-
|
HANS
N. LANGSETH |
|
533
CM |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
LONGEST
LADY-BEARD:-
|
JANICE
DEVEREE |
|
36
CM |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
LARGEST
FEET:-
|
MATTHEW
MCGRORY |
|
BORN
IN 1973 |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
|
NOTE:
HE WEARS SIZE 23 US (22.5 UK) SHOES |
LEAST
TOES:-
|
WADOMO
TRIBE, ZIMBABWE + KALANGA TRIBE, BOTSWANA |
|
2
TOES! |
LONGEST
MOUSTACHE:-
|
KALYAN
RAMJI SAIN |
|
NATIONALITY:
INDIAN |
|
327
CM |
BRAINS
HEAVIEST:-
|
2049
KG |
|
50-YEAR-OLD
MALE |
|
REPORTED
BY: DR. HEGERT |
|
NATIONALITY:
AMERICAN |
|
NOTE:
THERE'S LITTLE CORRELATION BETWEEN BRAIN SIZE AND INTELLIGENCE |
BEST
IN CALCULATING:-
|
MRS.
SHAKUNTALA DEVI |
|
ANSWERED
THE MULTIPLICATION OF 2 13-DIGIT NUMBERS IN 28 SECONDS |
|
NATIONALITY:
INDIAN |
|
NOTE:
MANY MATHEMATICIANS CLAIM THAT SHE HAS CHEATED |
MEMORY:-
|
BHANDDANTA
VUMSA |
|
MEMORIZED
16,000 PAGES OF BUDDHIST CANONICAL TEXTS |
|
NATIONALITY:
BURMA |
|