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Sultan takes part in a photoshoot for the guinness world records book. In fact, guinness world records only knows of ten confirmed or reliable cases in history. Kosen measuring 251cm towers over dangi who is only 54. Celebrate the dawning of a new decade with the fully revised guinness world records 2020. Guinness world records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of records and in previous united states editions as the guinness book of world records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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