Just a quick post here about something that recently blew my mind.
Meet
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, not only the new smallest man in the world today, but the smallest human being who has
ever lived (at least as far as our records go).
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| 546 mm tall! |
A full 25.5 mm shorter than the previous claimant Gul Mohammed, Chandra isn't only smaller by a significant degree; he has managed to live a further 32 years longer than the previous record holder. Look at the image above; this man is in pretty good nick for a 72 year old!
Chandra is a
primordial dwarf, unlike one of my favourite actors at the moment, one
Peter Dinklage; who isn't a primordial dwarf, but actually just a plain awesome one.
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| The more we see of Joffrey in Game of Thrones, the more I enjoy re-watching this |
I couldn't help but think upon reading the term 'Primordial Dwarf' that there was something slightly Tolkienesque about the title. Then when I stumbled upon this picture of the pint-sized Nepali, no doubt off on some adventure, it further reinforced the fantastical elements of this story for me.
You can read a bit more about how Chandra was'discovered' (which seems an odd verb to apply to a human)
over here, and hear a bit of what he has to say about the titles inferred upon him. Seems like a nice bloke.
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