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  • 2021-11-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Joshua Ladu the Tallest Man in the World at 9 feet 8? (en)
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  • In November 2021, an image was circulated on social media that supposedly showed a 9-foot-8 man, Joshua Ladu, who had just been named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the world: This is not a genuine photograph of an extraordinarily tall person. This image has been stretched to make this person look much taller. While we have not been able to find the specific origins of this altered image, we did find what appears to be the original source photograph. Here's a side-by-side of the stretched image (left) and the apparent original photograph (right). The altered image has been circulating since at least May 2020. If this picture and claim were accurate, Ladu would have certainly been added to the Guinness Book of World Records by now, but that isn't the case. Guinness lists the late Robert Wadlow, who stood at 8 feet 11.1 inches tall, as the world's tallest man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McWw03RyrsGuinness writes: The tallest living man, Sultan Kösen, stands at just over 8 feet tall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_nklbytbYIn short, the viral image does not show Joshua Ladu, the world's tallest man. The image was digitally altered, and the claim about Ladu's being in the Guinness Book of World Records is false. (en)
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