{"id":1046,"date":"2024-01-08T13:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:36:46","slug":"the-tallest-man-to-ever-live-robert-wadlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1046","title":{"rendered":"The Tallest Man to Ever Live: Robert Wadlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>8ft 11.1in (2.72m) tall Robert Wadlow posing for a family photograph, 1939.<br \/>\nCredit: Paille \/\/ CC BY-SA 2.0<br \/>\nStanding at nearly 9 feet tall, Robert Wadlow is the tallest person on record to have ever lived. For his entire life, Wadlow continued to grow and when he died at the age of 22, there was no indication that his growth was coming to an end.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_0796-300x237.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_0796-300x237.webp 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_0796-768x606.webp 768w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_0796.webp 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nAt the age of 22 in 1940, he was measured to be 8ft 11.1in (2.72m) tall. 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