Did You Know: The Tallest Living Man is 8 Feet, 2.8 Inches?

Have you ever seen a man or a human being as tall as 8 feet? What if that man was also fat? He would look like a giant, right?

Well, according to Guinness World Records, the tallest living man measures 8 feet, 2.8 inches and the record is yet to be broken since 1982.

Sultan Kosen measured 251 centimeters or an equivalent of 8 feet, 2.8 inches in Ankara, Turkey, on 8^th February 2011.

Sultan also boosts the widest hand span, holding the record t 12 inches or an equivalent of 30.48 centimeters as measured by the Guinness World Records office in London on 7^th May 2010.

However, there is also the tallest living woman, Siddiqa Parveen from India. Initial reports put her height at 249 centimeters or an equivalent of 8 feet, 2 inches. Unfortunately, because of her health and Ms. Parveen’s inability to stand upright, it is impossible to ascertain her exact stature.