pirate44
03-29-2007, 07:12 AM
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The world's tallest man has married. Bao Xishun has married a woman from his hometown in Mongolia who is "about half his age and half his height." The 56-year-old goat herder is nearly eight feet tall. His new wife, a 29-year-old saleswoman named Xia Shujuan, is 5 feet, 6 inches tall. Bao reached his height in a seven-year spurt that began in his teens and which doctors have yet to explain, according to Guinness. After a career in the army, where he was recruited for a basketball team, he returned to Inner Mongolia. He now herds livestock and hires himself out for publicity stunts.
The world's tallest man has married. Bao Xishun has married a woman from his hometown in Mongolia who is "about half his age and half his height." The 56-year-old goat herder is nearly eight feet tall. His new wife, a 29-year-old saleswoman named Xia Shujuan, is 5 feet, 6 inches tall. Bao reached his height in a seven-year spurt that began in his teens and which doctors have yet to explain, according to Guinness. After a career in the army, where he was recruited for a basketball team, he returned to Inner Mongolia. He now herds livestock and hires himself out for publicity stunts.