Wednesday, August 30, 2006

how's the weather DOWN THERE?

following on from the post about the tallest man in the world HERE, now comes the smallest person in the world below...


Nepali boy submitted for world's smallest person record


A 14-year-old Nepali boy who is only 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall has been put forward for a Guinness world record as the world's smallest person, his family and supporters said.

Fourteen-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar weighs only 4.5 kilograms.

According to the website set up by his supporters, www.khagendratma.org (bandwidth exceeded at the moment), Thapa weighed only 600 grams at birth and his hobbies include "playing with pebbles" and "worshipping Buddha."

original article HERE

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