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72-year-old from Nepal named world's shortest man
Topic Started: Feb 27 2012, 03:31 PM (16 Views)
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A 72-year-old Nepalese man has been named as the world's shortest man.

Villager Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is just 54.60 centimetres (21.4 inches) tall, took the record from Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who stood at 59.93cm (23.5 inches) when measured last year.

Guinness Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday confirmed the feat and noted that Dangi would be the oldest man to ever achieve the record if his age claim is true.

"I'm continually amazed that this record keeps getting broken," Glenday said. "Just when you think it's impossible for the record to get any smaller, Mr Chandra comes along and astonishes us all by being the shortest person ever measured."

Dangi, who has spent his entire life in the remote Nepalese mountain village of Rhimkholi, told Reuters: "I am good. I feel happy. I want to travel around the world and spread the name of my country."

The world record holder happens to have five brothers and two sisters, all of normal size
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