The world’s tallest woman has enjoyed her first-ever trip on an airplane, with the help of flight crews who removed six seats from the plane to accommodate her. Turkish-born Rumeysa Gelgi, 25, currently lives in California. A professional web developer, she is known as the tallest living woman in the world and has held the Guinness…
World’s Tallest Woman Enjoys Her First-Ever Flight After Crew Removes 6 Seats From the Plane
3 of the World’s Tallest Men Ever Recorded Lived in Our Day—And Some Are Still Towering Over Us Today
The Tallest Man Living is one of Guinness World Records’ most iconic titles. Tallness has long been a sign of greatness and success in history. The Chinese held it desirous for men to be tall, wealthy, and handsome—tallness coming nominally first. Our times have seen several men of towering stature, whose height has garnered celebrity, steep…
Igor Vovkovinskiy, Tallest Man in US, Dies in Minnesota
ROCHESTER, Minn.—Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said the Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, an ICU nurse at Mayo, initially posted about his death on Facebook. Vovkovinskiy came to the…
World’s Tallest Dog, Great Dane Freddy, Dies at the Age of 8: ‘Missed by Everyone’
A Great Dane that held the Guinness World Record for the tallest living male dog has passed away at the age of 8 years, 8 months. Freddy, who measured over seven feet tall standing on his hind legs, had held the record since 2016. “He was not just the tallest dog, but the dog with…
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