41 h. ago World's tallest man who stands at 8ft 2in needs three beds and travels in vans

Sultan Kosen, 43, from Ankara, Turkey, is the Guinness World Record holder for the tallest living man at 8ft 2in and has towered over people who have attempted to take his crown

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42 h. ago World's tallest man who stands at 8ft 2ins sleeps in three beds and can only travel in vans

Sultan Kosen was confirmed as the world's tallest man in 2009 when he became the first person in more than two decades to be measured at more than 8ft tall

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4 d. ago World's tallest skyscraper would reach 2.5 miles into sky and house 1million people

The world's tallest skyscraper would be five times bigger than the unparalleled Burj Khalifa in Dubai if the 'dream' proposal created in 1995 ever becomes a reality

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7 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Van fire halts M25 traffic near Watford

A van fire has brought traffic to a standstill on the M25 anticlockwise between junctions 22 and 21A, causing delays of around 45 minutes

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9 d. ago Horror final moments of boy, 10, who was decapitated on world's tallest water slide

Caleb Schwab, 10, died when he struck a metal support beam after the raft became airborne on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City

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1 week ago How boy, 10, died on world's tallest water slide in horror accident

Caleb Schwab, 10, was decapitated when he struck a metal support beam after the raft became airborne on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City in 2016

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2 w. ago World record for tallest bedded Christmas tree broken by UK country house

The world record for the tallest bedded Christmas tree has been broken by a UK country house.

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2 w. ago ‘I lost my legs in horror bomb but now I’m facing biggest challenge’

Pride of Britain winner Hari Budha Magar MBE is nothing short of extraordinary. Born in a cowshed, he lost his legs to a bomb in Afghanistan... then was the first double below the knee amputee to climb the tallest peak in the world. And his next challenge is about to begin...

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2 w. ago Olivier Rioux, 7ft 9in, scores first points with Florida basketball team on a dunk

Rioux, 19, is the world’s tallest teenagerRedshirt freshman has only appeared in blowouts so farOlivier Rioux lumbered through the lane, caught a bounce pass from teammate CJ Ingram and dunked, sending Florida’s bench and the home crowd into a frenzy.Rioux barely left his feet to make it happen. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The world’s tallest teenager achieves new career feat in Florida college game

The world’s tallest teenager, Olivier Rioux, starred for his college team on Wednesday night

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3 w. ago Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100

The goofy star of Mary Poppins becomes a centenarian on Saturday. And what a precocious performer he has proved, sustaining scrappy mischief through seven decades of mainstream entertainmentAll Hollywood stars grow old and die except perhaps one - Dick Van Dyke - who turns 100 today. The real world Peter Pan who used to trip over the ottoman on The Dick Van Dyke Show is still standing. The man who impersonated a wind-up toy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang hasn’t wound down just yet. He has outlived mentors, co-stars, romantic partners and several studios. He’s even outlived the jokes about his performance in Mary Poppins. These days his mangled cockney accent is regarded with more fondness than contempt. It’s seen as one of the great charms of the 1964 classic, along with the carousel chase or the cartoon dancing penguins.Charm is the magic ingredient of every popular entertainer and few have possessed it in such abundance as Van Dyke, the impoverished son of a travelling cookie salesman...

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