Watch: Eight-ft plus Sultan Kosen, World’s Tallest Man Celebrates 40th Birthday. Here’s His Viral Story
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It has its pleasure being either the shortest or tallest man on earth. But, being the tallest there are certain vibes of not looking up at others. Yet there are some problems. See the clip
The world’s tallest man living, Sultan Kösen (Türkiye), turned 40 years old recently on December 10th. Sultan celebrated this milestone a few days early, by visiting Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Orlando, USA, where he was overjoyed upon being presented with his birthday cake (which looked more like a cupcake in Sultan’s record-breaking hands).
The 251-cm (8-ft-2.8-in) tall birthday boy also posed next to a life-size statue of Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever, who, at a height of 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in), was the first person Sultan has ever had to look up to!
After blowing out his candles, Sultan didn’t keep his birthday wish a secret – he hopes to “travel the remaining countries which I have not visited so far.”
“And to keep my record title. I hope there will be no one taller than me,” he added, jokingly.
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Sultan is now a cultural ambassador for Türkiye and recently participated in a cooking show on Romanian TV before travelling to the USA.
