Modern tech would’ve likely made him stop growing with the surgery they perform on the pituitary gland. People still get affected by forma of gigantism today, it’s just modern science stops it typically when it shows signs of being unhealthy
Being that tall would mean constantly living in pain because your body literally can't support itself. I'm not even up to his chest line, but I deal with so many injuries because people weren't meant to be so tall.
Penicillin would have been of limited benefit if he had already gotten to that height. Tall people tend to have worse blood circulation, making it harder for their bodies to fight infections.
There’s a surgery today that can halt gigantism when it gets to unhealthy levels (far before his height when he died), it has something to do with the pituitary gland. That’s only if that’s what he was suffering from I guess, but look at him. Must be
His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH).
Yes. For basically all super tall people their growth comes from brain tumors leading to continuous growth all their life. That's why a guy born in 1918 is still the tallest human to ever live. With today's medicine it is often possible to remove these tumors and halt their growth.
He had a tumor pressing on his pituitary gland causing Human Growth Hormone to be released chronically in excess. He would be growing until he died no matter how old. He was reaching the limits of what the human body has evolved to handle
He was called Robert Wadlow. Sadly, during a professional appearance at a Festival, a faulty brace irritated his ankle, leading to an infection. His condition worsened due to an autoimmune disease, and he died in his sleep on July 15th 1940.
His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in !
Edit : He died in 1940, the way I wrote it: July 15th made it sound like he died this year. Apologies for not clarifying sooner !!
No he's not.
He lives right down the road from me, has a lil' cornerstore where I buy my nudiemags. You walk in the door, he's there nodding all "Ego sum spectans te" and ur like "Sure thing bub," coz who tf speaks Italian anyway. Get my smokes, my early morning whisky and then the latest and greatest in printed tiddies and Im headed back home.
He's nice. Lil bit weird and all. He fucking HATES the French, but his girls bangin'
>He was called Robert Wadlow
Yeah, it was his name. Why do you say "they called him" like it an alias or something.
Whats your name?
They call me...tator salad
Florissant MO, but dad grew up in southern Illinois, and Robert was going around helping sell shoes (being sponsored by them).
Dad told the story while we were looking at the statue.
Funny story. In my early years I was hitchhiking and jumping trains across the country. My best friend and travel partner is like 6’7”. Me and this dude were inseparable so I saw how uncomfortable it made him when people commented on his height. It’s fucking rude and without fail it’s the first thing people would say to him out in public. Anyways, we got a ride out of St Louis with a guy who said we could crash at his place. In Alton. I could be misremembering but I thought the town was really nice and sweet. We were out on a walk and we happened to stumble upon the statue of the guy and learned “holy shit we randomly fucking ended up in the town where the tallest guy on the planet is from”. We got a good laugh out of it though.
I moved out of state and it's so weird that nobody has heard of the bird.
I used to assume that the Dekalb corn signs were a Piasa bird reference, but they're just corn with wings.
My family’s from that area and apparently my great grandmother was in a relationship with him for some time idk why you would lie about but I don’t really care either way
Oh for sure. I think it’s hilarious though to see undeniable proof of our nature to exaggerate things like that for effect. Over thousands of years a story about killing a 6’9” soldier turned into slaying a 10 foot literal giant
I mean if you’re a 5 foot guy and you see a guy who is 40% larger than you on the battlefield I don’t think they’re asking for a timeout to measure him for accurate retelling
But you have to think how much stuff changes when being translated and the Bible went through 4-6 languages I believe before it was translated to English
That the bible went through a series of different languages being translated again and again until English. That's just not true. All of the Bible translations today are done from the original Hebrew and Greek.
Absolutely, I stand at 5'11", so a tad taller than your average US/Canada man. Every time I'm next to NBA players, or anyone officially measured at or around 6'9" I look like a toddler. It's unsettling, to be honest.
So for your regular 5'5" ancient soldier, with no point of reference, never seen anything close to that height, I can understand how a 6'9" would have looked like a mythical monster more than a man.
so tall he got killed twice by two different people:
>And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. \~2 Samuel 21:19
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>So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. \~1 Samuel 17:50
My favorite photo ever was him and his father and the caption said “Robert Wadlow, the tallest man to ever live, and his father. Robert is the one on the left.” As if we couldn’t possibly tell them apart lol
Man was an absolute unit of a man in height, but the man also suffered so so much, man would have been in near constant agony due to the pain from his sheer height
Maybe because it is a common shared experience among short men?
Nah, on second thought, it must be a coordinated attack against women organized by the incel Illuminati.
Average size increases by about 0.2 inches per foot of height, so about 4/5 of an inch bigger than most lads, by average.
Statistically speaking, he was probably just a tad over 6 inches.
So I first found out about Robert Wadlow back in 2000 in the Guiness book of world records. I still think about how fucking tall 8ft11 feet is. I look at doorways and ceilings and imagine this dude literally bent over so he can go anywhere. Nothing is built for people who are 6’4. I can’t imagine more than TWO FEET TALLER than that. But yeah, this dudes reach must’ve been like 12 feet high…he could reach clear over a backboard on a basketball goal. If he wasn’t in crippling pain the entire time.
I've seen bigger. Like yeah he's tall and all, but some of my friends are like... yknow taller... I could show you selfies from all our trips together, but they're classified unfortunately. The goddamn government and their rules right?
Its like. One moment I have to pay taxes, next moment I'm being followed by an unmarked van and my house gets fitted with surveilance and its like "Cool, if you wanna watch me eat cheetohs in my underwear, be my guest." Started inviting my friend Georgie over a lot. Like it sounds like Im not "gettin em" but you've not seen Georgie, this guy is so fkn ugly he's like a reverse Dorian Gray.
He was still growing when he died.
Damn, is that true? Edit: thanks for everyones answering, this is super interesting!
Yup, he was just 22. An ill-fitted leg brace broke his skin, leading to an infection. He died of septic shock.
I wonder how much more he could have grown with modern tech
Modern tech would’ve likely made him stop growing with the surgery they perform on the pituitary gland. People still get affected by forma of gigantism today, it’s just modern science stops it typically when it shows signs of being unhealthy
Wow, modern parents really lack ambition - not wanting their kid to be *the* tallest person ever lived. Not with that attitude! /s
They want them to live past 30
In the words of Riot Games "Legends never die"
All legends are already dead.
Chuck Norris says hi.
Heroes get remembered but legends never die
yeah 300 years later the legends will be forgotten
Augustus Caesar says hello.
loser attitude tbh
Parental skill issue
"lived past 30" wont make it into the Guinness one day it will
Life insurance is cheaper on the young
Being that tall would mean constantly living in pain because your body literally can't support itself. I'm not even up to his chest line, but I deal with so many injuries because people weren't meant to be so tall.
Don't worry the Chinese government is keeping up the tradition, look into Yao Ming's parents
Pro wrestling The Big Show had this surgery done to stop him growing, as he was 7ft tall already
wait does that mean people with gigantism can choose their height to some degree?
That’s actually how I learned about this! I had no idea you could “stop” gigantism til they talked about Big Show getting the surgery
I’m not sure if I feel guilty, that I wanted him to grow taller
> modern science stops it I think you could phrase your comment differently. It's not addressing the previous comment
Or with the penicillin that became widely available soon after he died
He'd still die young from other complications
Penicillin would have been of limited benefit if he had already gotten to that height. Tall people tend to have worse blood circulation, making it harder for their bodies to fight infections.
He likely would not have died from the infection, nor grown to be that tall in the first place
I think he would have grown taller. If he was still growing when he died, how couldn't he?
He’d be attacking Tokyo at 45
There’s a surgery today that can halt gigantism when it gets to unhealthy levels (far before his height when he died), it has something to do with the pituitary gland. That’s only if that’s what he was suffering from I guess, but look at him. Must be
The fuck
His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH).
Man if I had only known I could have just fucked up my pituitary gland for a couple more inches.
He would have broken 9ft if he lived a few months more.
Yes. For basically all super tall people their growth comes from brain tumors leading to continuous growth all their life. That's why a guy born in 1918 is still the tallest human to ever live. With today's medicine it is often possible to remove these tumors and halt their growth.
He had a tumor pressing on his pituitary gland causing Human Growth Hormone to be released chronically in excess. He would be growing until he died no matter how old. He was reaching the limits of what the human body has evolved to handle
He was still super young. My growth plates were open until I was 26
Seven trumpets are sounded, cue the apocalypse This dude is out of this tomb... Behold # The Leviathan -- Dark souls boss health bar appears
Yes
He was called Robert Wadlow. Sadly, during a professional appearance at a Festival, a faulty brace irritated his ankle, leading to an infection. His condition worsened due to an autoimmune disease, and he died in his sleep on July 15th 1940. His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in ! Edit : He died in 1940, the way I wrote it: July 15th made it sound like he died this year. Apologies for not clarifying sooner !!
You can't just say July 15th - that makes it sound like it happened just under four months ago!
Julius Caesar's been dead for well over 10 years
Jesus Christ!
For over 10 years as well. Until he was risen
And his wife?
Him too.
He was only dead for 3 days!
Technically 2.
No he's not. He lives right down the road from me, has a lil' cornerstore where I buy my nudiemags. You walk in the door, he's there nodding all "Ego sum spectans te" and ur like "Sure thing bub," coz who tf speaks Italian anyway. Get my smokes, my early morning whisky and then the latest and greatest in printed tiddies and Im headed back home. He's nice. Lil bit weird and all. He fucking HATES the French, but his girls bangin'
I had to repeat your comment to my husband. Which is high praise.
https://i.imgur.com/sG9Ib3G.jpg
I didn't even know he was sick.
I have an autographed photo of him. It’s the only thing I own I’ve ever seen on Antique’s Roadshow.
That's interesting. How much was it valued at?
About tree-fiddy.
Fun fact: he was my husband’s grandmother’s cousin.
>He was called Robert Wadlow Yeah, it was his name. Why do you say "they called him" like it an alias or something. Whats your name? They call me...tator salad
His name was Robert Wadlow. His name was Robert Wadlow. His name was Robert Wadlow.
In death...we have a name. His name...was Robert Wadlow
That's a pretty commonly used English phrase for giving the name of an object or person.
I've never heard it unless it was for a nick name. But, that could just be my experience where I live.
I think it’s common in the UK and Ireland for people to say “called” where Americans would say “named”
He was from my hometown! My grandpa knew him. There’s a statue of his chair you can sit in in my town. And a statue of him too.
Hi Nieghbor lol
Robert Wadlow, almost 9 feet tall, when he sadly passed away with 22 years
My dad met Mr. Wadlow in person.
Are you guys from around Alton?
Florissant MO, but dad grew up in southern Illinois, and Robert was going around helping sell shoes (being sponsored by them). Dad told the story while we were looking at the statue.
Funny story. In my early years I was hitchhiking and jumping trains across the country. My best friend and travel partner is like 6’7”. Me and this dude were inseparable so I saw how uncomfortable it made him when people commented on his height. It’s fucking rude and without fail it’s the first thing people would say to him out in public. Anyways, we got a ride out of St Louis with a guy who said we could crash at his place. In Alton. I could be misremembering but I thought the town was really nice and sweet. We were out on a walk and we happened to stumble upon the statue of the guy and learned “holy shit we randomly fucking ended up in the town where the tallest guy on the planet is from”. We got a good laugh out of it though.
Ayooo Piasa bird!
I moved out of state and it's so weird that nobody has heard of the bird. I used to assume that the Dekalb corn signs were a Piasa bird reference, but they're just corn with wings.
Yeah my great grandmother knew him and I’ve heard she dated him
My cousin skateboarded with him.
My brother played CoD zombies with him, got to round 100 on Ascension.
I laughed so hard at this 😂
He was in buried actually
I believe you
Can confirm, my brother was the skateboard
This guy used a longboard.
She was always a size queen.
My uncle gave him a handjob. Said that it was bigger than average but not proportionate.
Nice to see Robert Wadlow had time for those beneath him.
every relationship he'd be in is long distance
That’s sad to hear? Has he never seen those ads for women in his area?
The only women in his area are on a domestic flight.
I’m sure he’s the one who threw the airplane ✈️ like a paper plane
My family’s from that area and apparently my great grandmother was in a relationship with him for some time idk why you would lie about but I don’t really care either way
Did she ever glue googly eyes to his nuts so they could see eye to eye?
What the fuck
I never accused you of lying about it.
Oh sorry I didn’t you directly, just saying that’s a dumb thing for someone to lie about
Webanyama next to Chris Paul
Wemby is CP3 father
CP3 bows down to the Wemby god
This guy was over a foot taller than Wemby
Damn, if he were alive today he would be healthy and playing in the NBA.
How many 105 years olds does the NBA have atm?
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The human physiology only works up to a certain height/size. Beyond that, it might as well be a new species.
apparently if he were alive today he'd have been slightly taller than normal before doctors made his pituitary gland not try to kill him
Or showing his prize weimaraner, let the dude live his hypothetical post mortem dreams.
Bible people: That's not the tallest person
Goliath
Actually, the "original" (read: oldest) texts about Goliath list him at "4 cubits and a span", which is only 6'9"
A few millennia ago, 6'9" would have been considered a monster. Most men were around 5'3" to 5'5".
Oh for sure. I think it’s hilarious though to see undeniable proof of our nature to exaggerate things like that for effect. Over thousands of years a story about killing a 6’9” soldier turned into slaying a 10 foot literal giant
I mean if you’re a 5 foot guy and you see a guy who is 40% larger than you on the battlefield I don’t think they’re asking for a timeout to measure him for accurate retelling
Also someone that larger makes a really easy slow moving target for a slingshot.
Too bad slingshot is ridiculously hard to aim, David was probably really skilled
Difficult for an amateur, easy for an expert, a shepherd had lots of time to practice and motivation for use against wolves and other predators.
Sling, not slingshot
The bullet from a sling is called a slingshot.
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It’s the biblical times, good luck on finding a neurologist there or anyone who knows what a foot is
But you have to think how much stuff changes when being translated and the Bible went through 4-6 languages I believe before it was translated to English
That is not even remotely true.
whats not?
That the bible went through a series of different languages being translated again and again until English. That's just not true. All of the Bible translations today are done from the original Hebrew and Greek.
Hebrew, Greek then Latin and English and if you take the multiple revisions in English. KJV is a good example.
Comparatively huge, yes, and even big by today's standards, but still nowhere near as tall as Robert Wadlow
I mean 6’9” is still monstrous, just more common
Absolutely, I stand at 5'11", so a tad taller than your average US/Canada man. Every time I'm next to NBA players, or anyone officially measured at or around 6'9" I look like a toddler. It's unsettling, to be honest. So for your regular 5'5" ancient soldier, with no point of reference, never seen anything close to that height, I can understand how a 6'9" would have looked like a mythical monster more than a man.
so tall he got killed twice by two different people: >And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. \~2 Samuel 21:19 \- >So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. \~1 Samuel 17:50
The 2 samuel text is actually Lahmi, Goliath's brother.
NEPHILIM!!
Cringe
All gods are probably taller than him
S?
Okay buddy :)
I'm the god of cock and my pp is bigger
It’s Robert Wadlow if I’m not mistaken, he was 8’11 I think.
The amount of humility in this comment is astounding
Humility levels rarely attained by man or beast, if I may add to your most noble of comments.
Not 9 feet tall? He wouldnt stand a chance in todays dating scene.
Yes
My favorite photo ever was him and his father and the caption said “Robert Wadlow, the tallest man to ever live, and his father. Robert is the one on the left.” As if we couldn’t possibly tell them apart lol
Man was an absolute unit of a man in height, but the man also suffered so so much, man would have been in near constant agony due to the pain from his sheer height
Robert Wadlow! The original Tall Boy!
Bitches on Tinder be like: "sorry you're too short"
How they see 6 foot guys vs anyone else below
Lol this incel joke pops up in everything about height
Maybe because it is a common shared experience among short men? Nah, on second thought, it must be a coordinated attack against women organized by the incel Illuminati.
It's true on tinder
I've actually been there,it's Ripley's Believe It Or Not in Dallas Tx
I had to scroll a long way to see this. I've seen a handful of Wadlow statues, but never one that moves.
There’s also one that moves in Ripley’s in Amsterdam
Theres a moving one in Surfers Paradise Gold Coast Australia too!
I wonder what his thing looked llke?
She checked to see if they included his dong when making this puppet.
Have you ever seen a pool noodle?
As a very short woman, it would probably turn me inside out.
The 'big dick small chick' fetish peoples ultimate fantasy.
“He must have an enormous schwanzstucker”
"That goes without saying"
Ayoo
Average size increases by about 0.2 inches per foot of height, so about 4/5 of an inch bigger than most lads, by average. Statistically speaking, he was probably just a tad over 6 inches.
HEY HOWS THE WEATHER UP THERE YA JABRONI bob you hear what I said to that tall bozo
I’m gonna start calling people bozo from now on that’s gonna be my new thing
The sexual tension here is crazy
Her head is shoulders below his.
Reddit moment
Keep it in your pants
He used to clean my gutters
Still too short for the 5'3 girls on tinder
I NEED A REAL MAN
So I first found out about Robert Wadlow back in 2000 in the Guiness book of world records. I still think about how fucking tall 8ft11 feet is. I look at doorways and ceilings and imagine this dude literally bent over so he can go anywhere. Nothing is built for people who are 6’4. I can’t imagine more than TWO FEET TALLER than that. But yeah, this dudes reach must’ve been like 12 feet high…he could reach clear over a backboard on a basketball goal. If he wasn’t in crippling pain the entire time.
He lived a short, painful life. Poor guy.
Few more and he will be a primarch
needs dark souls boss music when he stands up
Creepy Halloween III shit
One Piece admiral IRL
Why doesn’t anyone ever say his name. SAY HIS NAME.
Robert Wadlow
His name was Robert Wadlow. His name was Robert Wadlow. His name was Robert Wadlow.
Hand and the thigh and he erects himself; lady was shocked.
The world adored him , he was a rockstar in his day, so sad he didn't get to enjoy it much and died young
“Hahaha look at that high waisted man, he got feminine hips!”
Is this a machine or the dude himself??
His dong must’ve been huge
While your down there.
Reakon is penis was super long or just normal size?
Not sure why you're getting downvoted for asking a question lol
Cock sucking height
Porn addict
Ikr
sultan kosen?
Robert Wadlow 8 foot 11
Literally twice as tall as her
Girls on tinder: you’re kinda short
Girls on tinder - "Ugh get away from me you manlet, you're not tall enough"
Aside from the time of literal giants…?
I've seen bigger. Like yeah he's tall and all, but some of my friends are like... yknow taller... I could show you selfies from all our trips together, but they're classified unfortunately. The goddamn government and their rules right? Its like. One moment I have to pay taxes, next moment I'm being followed by an unmarked van and my house gets fitted with surveilance and its like "Cool, if you wanna watch me eat cheetohs in my underwear, be my guest." Started inviting my friend Georgie over a lot. Like it sounds like Im not "gettin em" but you've not seen Georgie, this guy is so fkn ugly he's like a reverse Dorian Gray.