The Man Who was a Dwarf then Later a Giant
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The man was Adam Rainer born in Graz, Austria sometime in 1899 (the exact date isn’t known). Rainer’s parents were neither tall nor short for the time, with his father measuring in at 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 m) and his mother at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m). He even had a brother who matched his father’s height at 5 feet 8 inches. This wasn’t the case for Adam.
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For everyone complaining about our joke about the cowboy boot, please go watch our video on the evolution of the high heel shoe here :-): czcams.com/video/0LiHUAghHFI/video.html
Just for the record, The heel of a cowboy boot keeps the boot from sliding forward in the stirrup and serves for control. It does serve a purpose.
@MrTBoneMalone- Go check out the linked video :-)
Having grown up in Hicksville, I can say definitively that it is a fact that the vast majority of times "cowboys" in modern times wear their boots it is as a fashion statement, not because they are about to go hop on a horse. ;-) Further, many such I know had their boots to wear while riding and their other boots (sometimes even with spurs) they wanted to keep nice they wore out and about only, never on a horse. :-) Not judging, you like what you like, but they are still a high heel fashion statement for men. ;-) -Daven
Cowboys are the most liberated fashionistas of modern men. I can say that because my whole family are cowboys the kind that actually do it for a living. They can wear high heels, big floppy hats, skin tight jeans, flowery shirts, pretty belts and buckles, neckerchiefs and pass it all off as super manly. Let’s all just agree that saying this is what a man looks like and doesn’t it silly.
@@waynersmall1 , Amen
He was a dwarf then a giant, but in the middle being 4 ft something with size 20 feet also makes him a hobbit.
When was he an elf then??
I was born in 1962 and I 'm 6 feet tall AND I'm left handed
It's interesting because what if these people were common throughout history, but they were of course mistaken for hobbits and Giants!
@@jimbrewer7328 the fuck you want a cookie?
@@freckleonmylumpsack6031 What the fuck is wrong with you? Six foot was a bit on the tall side for when he was born. And being left handed is even rarer, especially since most people back then where forced to learn how to do things right handed.
Imagine how stoked he was when he started growing?
"Yes yes yes no no no wait stop"
Adam aged 19:
“Argh I hate being short, god please make me taller”
*4 years later*
“FUCK, STOP STOP STOP STOP!!”
The thing is at age 19 he's actually really handsome.
@@laurenli6411Sad thing is that after 19 he suffer Giantism which made him ugly and died as a giant
A cautionary tale about the difference between "I'd rather be a dwarf then a giant" and "I'd rather be a dwarf than a giant"
Haha Good one!
Full belly laugh from me 😂👌🏾
Read it too fast the first time through, then read it again. Than read it again. Lol very clever!!
This is too good!!!!!!
that took me so long to get that I'm embarrassed. Well played.
I have one for you:
*There are two errors in this this sentence.*
Guy just ate a mario mushroom
lmaoo
Real life Mario shrooms are poisonous
GraafixzGaming *Found out too late the mushroom was toxic*
🤣😂
AHAHHAHAH
When you've watched so much TLC you already know the tumour was the cause
Nope, House MD & Bones.
it's not a toomah
Age 19: upgrade
Age 25: upgrade
Age 30s: fUq gO bAcK!!!!!
Sounds like the character Bean from Ender's Game. In the first book he's tiny and by the last books he's a giant.
Came here looking for this comment. Anton's Key was certainly turned in him.
I was 4’10” when I started high school but I finally grew and I’m now 5’9”. This has always been an interesting story to me. What an incredibly unique life experience! Did he ever give an interview about his experience?
When you hit print too many times and then it all comes out at once
Nutrition plays a HUGE roll in how tall a person gets to be. I stand at 5ft 8in. ALL, and I mean all, of the adult males on my dads side of the family are over 6ft tall. I take after the males in my family in nearly all physical features. There are only 3 males without blue eyes on my dads side, I have blue eyes as well. We are also all slim and naturally athletic-built. Not a fat guy in my family. I was a really picky eater growing up, and I still am at 24 years old. My step dad was the kind of parent who said, "if you don't like what I make then don't eat it." He also was Mexican and liked his spicy foods, which is an issue as I am extremely allergic to capsaicin. I wasn't allowed to cook anything for myself if there was a meal made. There were many, many days I went without food. I went at least 2 days a week without a last meal for the day(dinner or supper, whatever you want to call it) growing up. I am positively convinced that I did not grow to my full potential because of this.
I’m 6’3” tall. When I lived in Germany for a year and a half, I lived in a building built in the 1400s with a basement area built in the 1200s. My head could barely clear the tops of most of the doorways, and the ceilings seemed so low. This video makes a lot of sense, explaining why the doorways and ceilings were built lower than to what I was familiar.
I've heard the pituitary explanation so many times that I'm genuinely curious why nobody's developed/tried developing a therapy that stimulates the gland for people that want to increase their height. Would help dwarves for sure, but even the sub-6ft crowd would jump on that.
It is done already for instance Lionel Messi was on growth hormones it doesn't change height that much he's still small but he was going to be 5'2 or something he's 5'7. The growth plates have to be open for this to work anyway its a fairly short window.
@@RandyMarshSP so if you take the growth hormone while your growth plates are closed what would happen would you develop acromegaly.
so how did adam grow if his growth plates were closed???
Thw only things I can think of for increasing height other then ones genetics is getting. Expensive surgery in the legs or wearing boots maybe more ways will eventually come.
HGH doesn’t change the genetic skeletal proportions.
I am over 6'9'' (207 cm) and come from northern Germany. My parents were doctors and I grew up with the best possible care in the countryside with plenty of activity. I feel great and there are no ill effects caused by my height whatsoever. I am really sorry for people who suffer from abnormal height (short or tall) but I also don't want people to assume I am doing bad just because I am tall. It has been great all my life.
Thats awesome for going to concerts. You'll never have anyone blocking your view.
One problem being that tall: you *really* need to remember to duck if you go through a low doorway. On the other hand - no problem reaching things on the top shelf. I'm only about 5' 4"... Could you give me a couple of those inches?
@@LindaGailLamb.0808 Don't worry I have to duck through every door. Pretty easy to remember: always duck. I basically never bump my head anymore since I was fully grown 17 years old.
Good luck finding a bathtub you can fit in. I'm "only" 1.95 m with shoes size 47, what a nightmare.
@@LindaGailLamb.0808 they other issue with being on the tall side is finding clothing to fit correctly. I am 5'9" and finding jeans is horrible.
Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill....
jake burn this is too underrated
Bravo Jake, Bravo!
HA
"I have a friend named Dennis whose parents are midgets. But he's not a midget... he's a midget dwarf. He's the guy who poses for trophies." - Steven Wright
1.72 centimeters.. I'd say that's pretty short! :D @0:14
I could've sworn that's what I heard.
I have sperm longer than that! Or maybe I got worms :shrug:
@@JessicaKuligowski Well, It is what he said (I slowed it down to confirm, it is also what the [auto generated] CC says). :D
I thought I was crazy when I heard that! Thanks for confirming.
Bravery: Being 1.72cm and living in Netherlands. Best experience ever :D
When I was 15 I hadn’t grown since I was 11 I was 4’9” they did a spine MRI and found I had tethered cord syndrome after the surgery I grew 9 inches in 3 months
9 inches in 3 months?? That's crazy.
Robert Harris it was incredibly painful the doctors said they never saw anything like it
Bro Fr? I haven’t grown much since 12 I was 4’7 back in 5th grade at the age of 10-11 and then once I hit 12 I went to a height of 5’1 in little of one year and Rn I’m 16 and barely grew an inch in those 4years.I honestly think either I’m a late bloomer because when I got the growth spurt I was the shortest and after I got it I became the tallest in my class and now I’m the shortest again.I still can’t believe I had a 6inch growth spurt in 10 months but now I can’t even grow an inch😔😞 hopefully before I hit the age where I stop growing I can get another 6-7 inch growth spurt
_agua_de_horchata_ _ yeah, the surgery on my spine not only allowed me to to grow it probably saved my life the tethered cord was really really bad
Poor fellow, he must have been in constant pain.
Dutch woman here! Me being 5'10" (178cm) is still considered tall in the Netherlands, and since I now live in Scotland I'm actually the same average height as men here! Crazy stuff.
High heeled cowboy boots keep your feet from hanging up in a stirrup
I was on my way to make that same comment about western saddles.
Yup, you beat me to it
Yep. That's actually how high heels got their start in the first place with the Persians, and then certainly European courts adopting it and making it "fabulous", then women later adopting it, and then the men abandoning it pretty much directly thereafter. All but those who wear cowboy boots, who are seemingly the last men to popularly wear high heels. :-) -Daven
I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I were a girlie
Just like my dear papa
Butchers also wore them to keep blood off their feet
The original design of Cowboy Boots was to facilitate stirrups, hence the pointy toes and heels. John Travolta popularized the cowboy look in the movie Urban Cowboy, and it has since become a popular sub-culture.
Actually, that is exactly the case even in Renaissance era - those boots was popularised by French (Luis the XV., I guess) king after a visit of persian ambassador, who hoped that he can mannage to persuade europians to coorsinated attack on Mussulman (Osman empire). High heel boots was originally worn by Person catafracts and horse-bow men. To support warior in stirrup and allow him to stand and ride. The king was pretty aware, that he is short so he quickly decide to wear them. But it was aatly and heavily adopted by the court nobility, so he created a rule to reduce height of heels...
Don’t forget the Stetson travolta rocked in that movie. I don’t think there’s anything sexier than a Texas cowboy who wears a Stetson and a smile 😉
"Over nutrition" got a giggle from me too
Kinda struck me as dumb way of putting it especially after he just said lack of nutritious food access, and not necessarily overabundance was the problem. Really we went from home cooked meals by stay at home parent to trash at the drive through. So you can be full of junk, and still crave food because you actually never got what you need. It used to be fat meant wealth, and that has totally flipped. Now fit means wealth. But good luck convincing a bunch of naked apes who like to laugh at each others misery too much to see how this has changed..
I did not mean you personally, but humans in general.
FYI - Every part of the cowboy boot has a purpose. The heel fits perfectly in the stirrup.
And it's totally impossible the stirrup isn't made for the heel that was allready there? Wonder how the rest of the world have figured this out without cowboy boots then?
Hahaha, and you believe that? It must be a lonely life as a cowboy!
@@andywright8803 - At 6'1", I don't need anything to make me taller. But my boots do help me ride. Could I ride without them? Sure, but they work.
@@bell30012 The lady doth protest too much, methinks
It's the first thing we kids learn when riding a western saddle. No cowboy boots on, no riding. That's boys and girls. And the stirrups are made that way for riding through scrub looking for cattle and I'm sure many other things I'm unaware of.
My husband only learned this year that his 6'2" isn't actually average for men. Just because his family's average is 6+ doesn't mean they're normal, lol
@Epic And your a wanker, but hey nobodies perfect!
QUESTION:
Does childhood obesity stunt growth due to the additional mass putting extra compressive force on the bones?
No. If that was the case school backpacks would have more of an effect. However, increase in adipose tissue (fat) generates an increase in production of the enzyme aromatase, hence more testosterone aromatizes into oestradiol (oestrogen) and that will have quite an effect on the human body. Especially with masculine features in men, which is part of the reason why the men of today are so feminine. In my language we have a saying: This generation is made with piss, not with sperm.
Science backs it up tho lol
Ironically, both, certain types of dwarfism and giantism are caused by a pituitary disorder called acromegaly.
Right thats weird
Then there’s me. Once a dwarf, always a dwarf.
Hey Midgy!
Wesley Bantugan I also have Dwarfism.
@@drowningin what the hell is wrong with you? Are you such a weak boy that you have to look down on others to feel better about yourself?
@@jt-ru5iy take a joke
Polar bears start out at about size of a chipmunk and grow to about 9 or 10 feet tall when standing on two feet. High heels were worn to make it easier to mount and ride a horse.
Well Idk about you guys, but that's totally me when I'm a dwarf and then later a giant
Cowboys boots have heels to prevent your foot from slipping through the sturp and dragged if your horse bucks
Cowboy Boots and the heels were not designed as 'high heels' the heel was specifically designed to help keep the wearer in their stirrups and to aid in bull-dogging calves. The pointed toe is designed to help the wearer to put their stirrups as well. The cowboy boot is actually an ingenious design.
Cowboy boots (Persian) were the inspiration for high heels in the first place, FYI. Go watch our video on the subject. :-) -Daven
I had the same tumour. It was removed but apparently they can return. My hands and feet are bigger than they were and I’m slightly taller. My sight is slightly compromised but that could just be age. Acromegaly is a fascinating condition.
It is tough to find a balance in life - especially if you're driven to work, almost endlessly. That's why I try to make myself ride my bike everywhere. The rule is - if I have to get something, I have to go for a ride. Which really isn't punishment - and it makes the whole trip fun. And of course, everyone remembers you, with the groceries piled on your bike at the end of the ride.........
Cowboy boots,have a heel to lock into the stirrups
Hahaha! Believe what you want. It must be lonely as a cowboy!
@@andywright8803 what?
@@bluemobster0023 sorry, my bad. Predicted texting! I have edited my previous comment, bit it just sounds like an excuse to me if you know whst I mean ;)
A shoe with a cut heel is required for western saddle stirrups. You do not want your foot slipping through there!
@@violetelin1901 did it with running shoes back in the early 90s. Still hurts thinking about it.
Wouldn't immigration have an effect on the averages? Not that many Latin American people immigrating to Europe.
michael howell You're exactly right and this was not mentioned. Also not mentioned are how the Japanese, arguably the healthiest people on Earth by way of life expectancy, are short. Furthermore, the Sudanese, just like the Dutch, are also the tallest people on Earth except that Sudan is one of the poorest countries on Earth. The Karankawas of East Texas lived on fish washed up on shore and rotten tree bark, but the Spanish who first encountered them measured the Karanakawa makes around 6 feet tall when the Spanish were about 5'6". It was simply politically expedient to throw in that last bit about Universal Healthcare.
Holy crap, I have a nephew who's 6'8" and one who's 6'9". I can't imagine meeting someone taller than that!
Cowboy boots have a heel for practical reasons. The heel on the boot keeps the stirrup from slipping back too far on the foot and catching the ankle. English riding boots are have a heel for the same reason.
The heels on cowboy boots, while manly, are to keep the shoe from sliding through the stirrup, which cause them to be dragged in the event they fell from the saddle.
I knew a guy who went through stretching exercises (like hanging from his feet) to make the military. I wonder if he ever made it as it was during Vietnam.
He was probably ambushed before he could join lets be honest.
The heelon a cowboy boot is to prevent the foot from slipping all the way into the stirrup if it makes them look taller I guess that's just an added benefit
"...by the age of 4yrs old he was already 5 foot 4 inches tall..."
wth I'm turning 24 next month and I'm only 5'2"??? how bizarre would it be to meet a 4 year old whose taller than a 24 year old????
A little less impressive but I was nearly 6'2 when I was 12. When i flew over to the neatherlands to see my grandparents (probably why im so tall) with my older brother, who was 6 foot and 13, I was technically an unaccompanied minor. None of the flight attendants believed me till they saw my passport. My youngest sister is currently 5'6 and recently turned 13. We call her Shorty 😜
Stefan Latimer that’s incredible
a dwarf once wished to be taller , then became a giant
Andrew Bird wrote a song about the tallest boy scout called 'The Giant of Illinois' I had no idea that it was based on a true story. I thought that he 'died of a blister on his toe' was just a cleverly tragic lyric. I definitely learnt something today!
These dudes are freaking titans.
Then barbed wire would be like super lego.
god bless this man and all his conversions
I'm from Scandinavia, known for tall people. I wear a EU size 40 shoes, but am only 160 cm tall. This is considered small, I look like a child in a crowd of peers. But EU40 is big for my size, so I was probably supposed to be larger. I had digestive issues from birth till around 4-5 years, so didn't take up the nutrients properly. So even if it was sorted at a young age, the first few years of stunted growth kept me on the smaller size. Stoped growing at puberty and will probably only see my height decline as I'm nearing the 40's ;)
The heels on cowboy boots were originally designed to help keep the boot in the stirrup.
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My mate is 5" 3 inches tall a midget by Norwegian standards, he now lives in Tokyo and often gets confused with Godzilla.
@Josip I think it was a joke as Asians are shorter than most other races :)
@Mr. & Mrs Smith In a lot of cases it is the legal term for it. Not only that but if you really get offened from a word not even meant to offend you just used to describe something then you are a pussy
I am big and tall in USA but not extremely big tall (6'2" 285#)built like a linebacker, so big &tall, but not monstrously big and tall. Not in USA anyway. However when I went to China I felt like I was 8' tall and a massive human!!! And people acted like I was! It was funny! People wanted to get their photos taken with me. Girls flirting with me like crazy!! Too bad I was married, I could have come home with a Chinese bride easy!!
@@paulesterline5714 you also would have came home with her parents too remember that, in China they basically switch roles and the children take care of their parents, do you really fancy wiping Mrs Woo's hoo-ha?...
@Mr. & Mrs Smith F you I genuinely know a guy who's a midget the only words that piss him off are calling him "Little man", and "Oompa Loompa" because he finds "Little man" derogatory and "Oompa Loompa hilarious.
Restudy your cowboy boots heel reference. The pointed toe, high heel, long upper leather is all functional.
Give a horse a good ride and you will understand.
Rope a calf and will understand the back cut heel.
Loose a stirrup and will love the pointed toe to kick your foot into it and the heel to let you know you are locked back into your gear...mostly.
Give me one and do a complete on the cowboy boots. Roper boots are rodeo only. Roper boots where round nosed, short heeled, and no kicked back heel.
Roper style boots are a cross from a cowboy boot and an English riding boot..... Much less leather.
@18 he was 4'6" he grew 4'10" to become 7'2" Ummm wut.
Profile Mugshot he grew from 4’10” between 21 and 32, he had been growing before that
@@Walden-jx4mi eh? My point is, he 'grew' 4'10" between 21-32 from a starting point of 4'6" or something. That makes him over 9foot tall.
Simon did not read the "from" from his script. It was on the subtitles.
He grew --from-- 4'10" to become 7'2".
Okay but, a 5’4 4 year old sounds terrifying
"I am a very tall midget"
1:55 honestly expected the black box to be longer. Also this dude went from looking normal to a mashed playdough face
Love waking up to a whistler video
When I was 16 years old, I decided to talk with an Army recruiter and attempt to get the paperwork started just to spite my family and their long naval tradition. I got carried away and on my 17th birthday accepted a split enlistment contract for training 2 years under National Guard, and transferring to active duty Army for the remaining terms. The only problem was MEPS and the physical exam requirements for acceptance. I was ignored by the desk pilots after I got the go/no-go checklist and waited to get rejected for 3 days. The ASVAB & SAT scores came back then and the recruiter knocked on my door holding 3 waivers for height, weight, and excessive severe injuries, and an open job choice contract (except if color vision is required). I didn't get to grow again tho, but I was surprised by how much more physically fit and not ignorant of the job they filled before 9/11 and the rapid contrasts after.
Do a show on those crazy (and utterly ridiculous) pointy boots that are popular with some nowadays! You know, the cowboy boots that have those insanely long points on them! Hilarity will ensue!
Actually, the heel on a "Cowboy" boot is higher than normal so your feet don't slip out of your stirrups. Cowboys don't need high heels to make them look manly, they are manly due to the work they must do. Try it for a day and you'll understand. After a day in a saddle, you'll probably have a saddle sore the size of a silver dollar at the base of your spine where the skin has been worn right off. Your thighs will be very sore so sitting on a pillow will be your only option. Trust me I know from first-hand experience.
But then it would follow that all ridingboots would have higher heels but they do not, nor are all cowboy boots the same in heel height. There really is a lot of fashion involved and as such what the men would find manly at the time.
Once in a while it is too, cold or wet or other for a ride. But it's a fantastic quick way to get something fun in , that is soooo rewarding and mainly my goal, after having been mis-diagnosed, and left for done in a wheelchair - I found it in myself - to get out of that spot while possessing a full realization how important leg strength, truly is. And if I am going to be around in another 10 or 20 years, maybe - I don't want to end up there again. So, helping out today, is just a-part of the reasons I try to ride as much as I can. and it is so quick and fun - my bro taught me this. Wish me luck jumping my car tomorrow, hopefully...........??????? :-D :-D :-D
My first boyfriend was born at the end of WWII in Britain which still had rationing into the 1950s. He was barely 5'6" . His younger brother, born after rationing ended, was 5'11" . Nutrition probably contributed to the difference.
That sound exactly like a dwarf made a deal with the devil.
Robert Wadlow's full height could only be taken post-mortem, due to his spinal curvature. His standing height was closer to 8'9½"
Another fun fact, though:
Dwarves tend to live longer than giants, by an average of about fifteen years!
the last time wadlow height was measured was when he was still alive and he was measured to be 8'11 at that time.
wait if that's possible, would it be possible to put pressure on a pituitary gland to make someone grow larger?
Just yesterday, I was considering to create a shapeshifting giant-dwarf tulpa, and now here we are. Universe, am I the prophet of yours?
Cant imagine those growing pains...
Actually, the high-heel on a cowboy boot was not about making the cowboy taller, but rather to allow the boot to easily slip into and basically lock into the stirrup of a western saddle. Of course, a Brit not getting this makes perfect sense.
I'd posit another reason for the US avg. height being less than European nations' has to do with great numbers of foreign peoples moving here. In large US cities, with far more immigrants and minorities, I'm considered very tall. But in the very rural midwestern area I'm from, where people are predominantly descended from the Europeans who settled the area, I'm much more average even over 6" tall.
These videos are so interesting
This reminds me of Henry Pym...from Ant-Man to Giant-Man
My recollection is that cowboy boots have taller heels to keep them from sliding through the stirrups when riding a horse.
1:32 Clown Feet Happend!
LOLLLL!!! I LOVE IT
0:09 ... his father was 1.72 centimeters? Are you *sure* they weren't short for the time?!
Cowboy boots have a heel to accentuate Heath Ledger's butt.
Cowboy boot heels are used to dig into the ground when roping cattle and the cowboy boot was influenced by the 'Spanish'
He wasn't enjoying life by the end. But in those first years he started growing 3 inches a year must have been a blast.
In addition to his father’s height, the euro shoe sizes are also an error - you say Euro size 43 for both examples while changing the US sizes
While his life sounds like a sad episode of the twilight zone where he started out as a dwarf, then proceeded to become a giant after he drinks an untested super solidier formula so he can fight in WW2, for what would've seemed like a few amazing years he got to experience life as a man of average then slightly above average height 🤔
I heard about this guy in guiness book of world records
there’s still hope 😩
This is actually very sad. Imagine how much pain his body was in?
This was the most fascinating video I have watched from this guy, on all his channels.
Also, I have been thinking about Black Death, and how it did the "trimming" job in EU. I believe European rise would not have probably happened, if the black death didn't happen.
Resources don't mean much, if people living in those resource rich lands multiply like rabbits, and make the per capita resource same as a frigging desert.
This is why lands like Indus and Bengal are stagnant and resource hungry.
And listening to the video, this is why american height was above the European one in the mentioned times.
Furthermore, the effect of these things might not effect only civilization growth and height, but also intelligence and IQ scores.
Robert Wadlow was truly a kind man and is known equally well for being a real nice guy. Sadly he was ridiculed and kids sometimes threw rocks at him. He filed a lawsuit against a doctor who reported that his gigantism made him angrier and short tempered. Despite multiple people from his neighborhood standing up for his character the lawsuit was dismissed by saying the doctor had his right his medical opinion. In the end the people of Alton would prefer to think of him as a great guy who just happened to be the world's tallest human.
I like the neon sign initials!
I'd like to request a Biographics episode on Grant Thompson AKA The King of Random who very unfortunately passed away recently after reaching over 10 million subscribers. It seems like he had an interesting life - first a pilot, then a youtube star, always a thrill seeker. It might make for a good episode! May he rest in peace.
If you're going to convert measurements for some of the stuff please carry it through everything even if its just inserting it in writing
Yo that was Merry and Pippen after they drank in the forest lolz
Wait, what? Heels on cowboy boots to appear manly? Maybe you should do a video on that because I don’t think that’s right. I think it has something to do with stirrups.
Oh, I see now, you were talking about the name.
Most things we do have several reasons or purposes. My father was 6'1", born around 1911 the 13th child in a farm family, all tall, almost all moving into cities, and all 11 men favoring cowboy boots. I'm certain my father liked the added height, which he certainly did not "need", but enjoyed. In my family, at 5'6 1/2" (don't forget the 1/2") born 1948 I felt short.
The heels on boots are longer to help keep foot in the stirrup. Love ur channels.
Interesting article 👍
Am I the only one who is back to no notification for Top Tenz ? I see it over there in my "next up.>
Oddly enough, he'd probably have been better off staying a dwarf.
Robert Wadlow was at Ripleys believe it or not in Ocean city Maryland and my mother who at her tallest was 5 foot even was there too bad there wasn't a picture she never actually went up to him
1:40 He got hit with that Frankenstein gene 🧬
Great video. I think what happened was he wasn't really a "dwarf" in the classical sense but rather someone who had an extremely delayed puberty and growth spurt combined with later developing gigantism due to the tumor. A super "late bloomer." Maybe without this tumor he would have ended up below average height but in the normal range. I had a buddy in High School who was around 5ft4 (1m62) when we graduated at age 18 but a few years later was around 6ft2 (1m88) and I did not recognize him at first - this is rare but not unheard of. Also it seems like back in the early 1900s people looked "young" for their age and maybe topped out their height at a later age on average.
this isnt the only time this happened
Y’all know the Black Death was the OG thanos snap
When you cast Enlarge Person on the dwarf in your party
I just watched the Geographics video on the Tower of London. Can you do a TIFO episode on the tradition of ravens at the Tower of London?