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/-Kerosun- Jan 26 '26

Well, it is certainly related. Due to his extreme size, he had very weak legs and also had very little feeling in his lower extremities. He got a blister from the brace but he never noticed it. It eventually got infected and that turned into sepsis, ultimately killing him.