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According to Guinness World Records the tallest man in history was Robert Pershing Wadlow. <
Robert was born in Alton, Illinois, USA, February 22, 1918, and in his last measurement that was recorded on June 27, 1940, the measure was 2.72m (8 feet 11.1 inches) high!

Wadlow died on July 15, 1940 at a hotel in Manistee, Michigan, because of a septic blister on his right ankle caused by a brace that had been poorly fitted only a week before his death.
He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, and the coffin that used for measured body, 3.28m long, 81 inches wide and 76 inches deep

The largest recorded weight was 222.71 kg Wadlow at 21 years and at the time of his death 199 kg weight.
The impressive size of his hands was 32.4 inches, measured from the wrist to the tip of middle finger. The extension of his arms was 2.88 meters! and its highest peak daily food consumption was 8000 calories.

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Mario Bergara, president of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) reported that the Uruguayan financial system should be taken with
"Total calm" the desision banking group Credit Agricole to close its doors in Uruguay.

Credit Agricole, which owns entirely of Credit Uruguay, reports that "has defined the focus of their
retail banking activities in Europe and the Mediterranean "as a result of the closure of its branches in Uruguay.

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This small server is called XPort Pro
its size is equivalent to 3 RJ46 network ports and
the third part of this server is occupied by a port like this!

In case you have no knowledge about the extent of these network ports and to be more accurate,
Measures of this server are: 3.37 x 1.62 x 1.34 inches! and
Although it seems incredible weight is 9.6 grams only.

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The world's tallest tree is located in California and was dubbed Hyperion.

The species of this tree is Sequoia and measures 115 feet tall! To get an idea of the immensity of this tree,
are 21 meters more than the height of the Statue of Liberty!

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The world's fastest car was named Ultimate Aero EV, the company that carried out this latest generation design was Shelby Supercars.

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