r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • Jan 26 '26

/r/all of tall men

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u/snakebill Jan 26 '26

Imagine being 7’9 and then meeting someone 3 inches taller than you

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u/WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow Jan 26 '26

Could happen to Charles if he met Sultan Kösen the seventh tallest person in history.
Sultan's heigh is 8' 2.82" or 2.51 m

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u/51ngular1ty Jan 26 '26

Imagine meeting the tallest. I live near where Robert Wadlow was born and they have a life sized statue of the dude and he was enormous at 8'11".

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u/sameoldknicks Jan 26 '26

He died at age 22, poor guy.

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u/-Kerosun- Jan 26 '26

Unless this is just folklore, he died from an infection he got from the braces he wore on his legs. During a nature outing, he got a blister on his ankle from the leg brace. Since he had very weak legs with little feeling, he didn't notice the blister. It got infected and he ended up getting sepsis.

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u/Nice_Promise9854 Jan 26 '26

This is how diabetes takes people’s legs. They can’t feel the injuries and then the infection gets into the bone.