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Old 08-09-2007, 02:47 PM   #1
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Sad day for Bao Xishun

Ukrainian is World's Tallest Man, Guinness World Records Says

I'll miss our kind-hearted, improbably tall, over-lord.
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Old 08-09-2007, 03:33 PM   #2
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The Chinese one was failing at his dolphin-saving duties, so...
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Old 08-10-2007, 01:03 AM   #3
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HMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Ok.
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Old 08-10-2007, 05:16 AM   #4
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Stadnik's growth spurt started at age 14 after a brain operation apparently stimulated his pituitary gland, which produces the human growth hormone.
Put an astrisk next to that record. Hank Aaron... I mean Bao Xishun, did it on his own.
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Old 08-10-2007, 07:18 AM   #5
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Put an astrisk next to that record. Hank Aaron... I mean Bao Xishun, did it on his own.
you mean Hank Aaron AND Bao Xishun
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