bao xishun - Ukrainian declared world’s tallest person

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A Ukrainian man is the tallest  person in the world at 8 feet 5 inches, taller  than a Chinese man who held the title earlier .    Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former animal doctor,is 8 inches taller than the former titleholder, China’ s Bao Xishun, who is7 feet 9 inches tall.    Stadnik’ s growth started at the age of 14 after a beain operation, which affected the human growth hormone.      He lives with his mother,Halyna, in northwestern Ukraine, taking care of the family’s house and gardwn.     The tallest man in history was Robert Wadlow in America. He was 8 feet 11 inches and died  in 1940 at the age of 22.