Thursday, May 24, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 24

May 24, 2010 – A Minnesota man was named the tallest man in the United States on this date by Guinness World Records. Igor Vovkovinsky of Rochester, Minn., measured 7 feet 8.33 inches tall during a session of NBC’s “The Dr. Oz Show.”  The 27-year-old Vovkovinsky “moved to Minnesota with his mother from the Ukraine when he was 7 years old” so he could receive “treatment at the Mayo Clinic for a pituitary disease that spurred his rapid growth.” According to Guinness, “the world’s tallest man is Turkey’s Sultan Kosen, who stands at 8 feet 1 inch tall.”

http://blogs.theworldlink.com/weird_news/tag/minnesota/



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