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THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO IS MORE THAN SIX FEET! When the world's tallest man meets the world's shortest woman, the moment demands a photo op. That's what happened on Monday in California when Sultan Kosen of Turkey, measuring at a neck-craning 8 foot and 2 inches, reunited with the diminutive Jyoti Amge of India, who's recorded at just 2 feet and 0.7 inches — and the meeting was documented by Turkey’s state-run news outlet Anadolu, as reported by The Independent. In a testament to the incredible variation of human body types, in one shot the 30-year-old Amge even...

NORFOLK, Va., - The tallest man in the world and the tallest man in the United States came together in Virginia to film a segment for a British TV documentary. Norfolk sheriff's deputy George Bell, who stands at 7-foot-8, said he and Sultan Kosen, a Turkish man who stands at 8-foot-1, spent time Tuesday at the Norfolk city jail, Bell's place of employment, and Roger Brown's restaurant in Portsmouth, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday. Bell said it was unusual to stand next to someone whose height exceeds his own. "I didn't feel small-small," Bell said, "but it was a different...