World Shortest Man ?

73cm man eyes Guinness Record

( source L www.chinadaily.com )

He Pingping, 19, who only measures 73 centimeters (2.4 feet), is applying for the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest man. Born in Huade county, Wulanchabu city in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, He Pingping was only the size of an adult's palm at birth, according to his father He Yun. His home of Inner Mongolia is also the home to the world's tallest man, 2,36-meter Bao Xishun, according to the Guinness World Records.


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world's shortest man

Is Khangendra Thapamagar, a 14 years ( born in 1992) old boy from Baglung, Western Nepal, the world's shortest man ? He weighed only 600 grams at birth, and currently measured 20 inches tall and weight 4,5Kg. He was only able to walk at the age of 8. His physical growth stopped when he was at the age of 11.

Some Nepalese also claimed that Khangendra is the dwarf reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. For more information on Khangendra, please visit www.khagendratma.org.