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# Tallest Man

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Where does the tallest man in the US get his shoes?

His feet are size 24. TWENTY FOUR!

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Oct 23rd 2012, 6:58 PM

Academics stop world's tallest man - 8'3" - from growing

Researchers at the University of Virginia medical centre have stopped hormones in Sultan Kosen’s pituitary gland.

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Mar 13th 2012, 2:31 PM