--- title: Guinness World Records: Tallest Man, Shortest Man Meet in London description: A beautiful moment from Guinness World Records Day in London canonical: https://time.com/3583663/worlds-tallest-man-shortest-man-shaking-hands/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-13T16:52:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:26.559Z og:title: Here's a Picture of the World's Tallest Man and the World's Shortest Man Shaking Hands og:description: A beautiful moment from Guinness World Records Day in London og:url: https://time.com/3583663/worlds-tallest-man-shortest-man-shaking-hands/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b7b4fe4cdf53b28/698768938e0601e00f4588b9/worlds-tallest-shortest-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: World's tallest and shortest men meet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Picture of the World's Tallest Man and the World's Shortest Man Shaking Hands twitter:description: A beautiful moment from Guinness World Records Day in London twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b7b4fe4cdf53b28/698768938e0601e00f4588b9/worlds-tallest-shortest-men.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's a Picture of the World's Tallest Man and the World's Shortest Man Shaking Hands > Sponsored content. 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Guinness reveals latest world record-setters_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 13, 2014 4:52 PM UTC  Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records, poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey, during a photocall in London on Nov. 13, 2014, to mark Guinness World Records Day. Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records, poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey, during a photocall in London on Nov. 13, 2014, to mark Guinness World Records Day. Andrew Cowie—AFP/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 13, 2014 4:52 PM UTC At 8’9″, Sultan Kösen, from Turkey, is the tallest man in the world. At 21 and a half inches, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, is the shortest. Today, the [two met for the first time](http://www.afp.com/en/news/world-tallest-and-shortest-men-meet-records-day) — in London, for the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day. And it was magical. (Or, we assume it was magical.) ### 11 Odd Guinness World Records  The largest shoe measures 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high. Guinness World Records  The oldest wing walker is Thomas Lackey who completed a wing walk at the age of 90 years and 5 months. Jay Williams—Guinness World Records  The most dogs in costumed attire gathered in a single location is 426 dogs. Matt May—Guinness World Records  Most high kicks by a single chorus line in 30 seconds is 720. Miguel Medina—Guinness World Records  Canada's largest Macarena dance involved 1,861 participants. Angela Y. Martin—Guinness World Records  The tallest married living couple in the US are Wayne and Laurie Hallquist who measure a combined 13 ft 4.4 inches. Guinness World Records  Largest tug of war tournament included 1,290 individuals. Luca Di Tommaso—Guinness World Records  Most stairs climbed in one minute while balancing a person on the head is 23. Miguel Medina—Guinness World Records  Most nationalities represented in a sauna is 91. Guinness World Records  The largest cream biscuit is 23.2 in long and 15.4 in wide. Paul Michael Hughes—Guinness World Records  From Left: Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey during a photocall in London on Nov. 13, 2014. Andrew Cowie—AFP/Getty Images Kosen is 31-years-old and works as a farmer. Dangi, meanwhile, is 74 and has a job making placemats and head straps for villagers. “Even though he is short and I am tall, we have had similar struggles throughout our lives,” Kosen, a 31-year-old farmer, [told AFP](http://www.afp.com/en/news/world-tallest-and-shortest-men-meet-records-day). “And when I look into Chandra’s eyes I can see he is a good man.” _Read next:_ [_Behold, the World’s Largest Collection of Harry Potter Memorabilia_](http://time.com/3452667/harry-potter-memorabilia-collection/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript [ SOUND ] From the largest. [ SOUND ] To the smallest. [ SOUND ] To the just plain twisted. The new 2014 Guinness World Records Book, has it all. And European world record holders have some of the most eccentric entries. Whenever I'm at a party, my friends are always like, Leilanie do a trick, show people what you can do. What she can do, is twist and contort herself into clenching three titles in the most amazing contortionist category. Including, fastest human back bend walk, and fastest contortion roll. She can even pour tea with her feet. [ SOUND ] James Brown of London, really cleaned up this year with the largest collection of vacuums. And says, his Hoover hoarding started when he was just a wee lad. I had about 6 or 7 at any one time, because we were limited for space. So if I wanted another one, another one had to go. And then as I got a bit older, I used to sneak in a few more machines. And then it started to snowball from there. Apparently, goats can hold world records, too. [ SOUND ] Just take it from Happy, who can skateboard farther than any other goat. After she became you know, a Guinness World Record skateboarder, she's a little bit of a diva now. She's, she's still very friendly and stuff. But sometimes she has this attitude or this look in her eyes. She's like, look at me, I'm a diva. But Happy doesn't hold a candle to this fire- breathing dragon. [ SOUND ]. A German engineering company created the world's largest walking robot. 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