Sunday, February 26, 2012

Shortest Person Ever Declared: Chandra Bahadur Dangi

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A 72-year-old Nepalese man who is about the size of a toddler on Sunday became the world's shortest person ever recorded.

A doctor and Guinness World Records official measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi to confirm his height of 21.5 inches (54.6 centimeters).

Guinness official Craig Glenday presented Dangi with two certificates for being the world's shortest living man and the world's shortest person recorded in Guinness' 57-year history.

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