SKIRMISHER

The only time we care about very tall people is when one outfreaks another. Sure, Leonid Stadnyk has “out-schlonged” Bao Xishun by about a feet, but do they ever get laid? You tell me.

Leonid Stadnyk, a 37-year-old former veterinarian from Podolyantsi in central Ukraine, was measured at 2.57m (8ft 5in), the records authority said.

He began to grow rapidly aged 14, when an operation on his brain reportedly stimulated his pituitary gland.

The previous title holder, Bao Xishun of China, is 2.36m (7ft 9in) tall.

Mr Bao overtook a Tunisian man, Radhouane Charbib, by just 2mm last year.

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