{"id":1015261,"date":"2021-11-15T13:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015261"},"modified":"2021-11-15T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:58:35","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-the-tallest-man-recorded-by-the-guinness-book-of-world-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-the-tallest-man-recorded-by-the-guinness-book-of-world-records\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show The Tallest Man Recorded By The Guinness Book Of World Records?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-the-tallest-man-recorded-by-the-guinness-book-of-world-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1015261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Unitedafricas\/photos\/a.144298457767290\/215468440650291\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Unitedafricas\/photos\/a.144298457767290\/215468440650291\/?type%3D3%26theater&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636728439252000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bPb-ebzE1egsaEZH_-Pqp\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows the person ranked as the world\u2019s tallest man by the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guinness World Records currently lists Robert Wadlow as the tallest man ever and Sultan K\u00f6sen as the tallest living man.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post, which features a photo of a seemingly very tall man, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Unitedafricas\/photos\/a.144298457767290\/215468440650291\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleges<\/a> in the caption, \u201cJoshua Ladu, a South Sudanese man ranked as the tallest person in Guinness book of records. His height stands at around 9\u20198 FT.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/04\/26\/fact-check-woman-14-children-fathers-guinness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Hoax Claims A Woman Had 14 Children Fathered By 14 Different Men)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A search of the Guinness World Records website yielded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/search?term=%22Joshua%20Ladu%22&amp;page=1&amp;type=all&amp;max=20&amp;partial=_Results&amp;#search-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no results<\/a> for a man by that name, however. The organization lists Robert Wadlow, who <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/jIW7w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lived<\/a> from 1918 to 1940, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/records\/hall-of-fame\/robert-wadlow-tallest-man-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tallest man ever<\/a> at eight feet, 11 inches tall. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2021\/10\/why-robert-wadlow-will-be-the-tallest-person-ever-forever-680024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oct. 21 article<\/a>, Guinness World Records said it was \u201chighly unlikely that any human will ever reach such a size again.\u201d A photo of Wadlow can be found on the Guinness World Records website.<\/p>\n<p>Sultan K\u00f6sen, who stands at 8 feet, 2.8 inches tall, currently holds the title of tallest living man, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/records\/hall-of-fame\/sultan-kosen-tallest-living-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guinness World Records<\/a>. The organization also called him the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2021\/3\/worlds-tallest-man-sultan-kosen-making-things-look-small-653718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tallest living man<\/a> in a March 31, 2021 article that featured several pictures of him. In another article published in October, Guinness World Records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2021\/10\/turkeys-rumeysa-gelgi-confirmed-as-tallest-woman-living-678348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> Rumeysa Gelgi, who is 7 feet tall, the tallest living woman.<\/p>\n<p>While Check Your Fact was unable to trace the origin of the image in the Facebook post, reverse image searches via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZiuW58Yhm_1cGibOps7YURmAjtG9ItOJPLpKd_10voXSTZJDeq1_1IIT27wXZqbEDheqFaPawsTiVtzo89HhB7bHb-e5ZsJz13OHfz7_1Lj-hjfJRxdRCa2c8bFNAbNZILbObg_14WLBK746HlzGPxJ7CgWXqvbY4ODiGibF2LdWaCzXV28eg-VYe0VrDVpJUHBNAdyK2yBNLjL5_1PhSCen_1YQf3ZZGL_1JpYqx571lWgAoGj7uojYNDg1IdOrqNxG9uSlIC74PaD2R-UOrIKpnMjozapBa6Uw8DGN5WpEPvyGrsjXDyuXPyGpjBRq-zzKY0-Nz3nYRAId9XfYNzadC4iDstKS6HtMgm4XzfuL7LhLifCxYqhGvH3YivOon6r-O3coJhFFXuzB94RaW2F47oOkxTDWLQSJyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tineye.com\/search\/f157930036b6decb5dc860fe0461987dc59b3b1c?sort=crawl_date&amp;order=asc&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TinEye<\/a> show it has been circulating online since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/113036737063971\/photos\/a.113036760397302\/126599402374371\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least May 2020<\/a>. There also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=joshua+ladu+guinness+tallest+man&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS850US850&amp;ei=Ab2OYeXmAYGxytMPxomRyA4&amp;start=20&amp;sa=N&amp;ved=2ahUKEwil6-ObxJP0AhWBmHIEHcZEBOk4ChDy0wN6BAgBEDk&amp;biw=1719&amp;bih=921&amp;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">don\u2019t appear<\/a> to be any major media outlets reporting someone named Joshua Ladu was named the world\u2019s tallest man by Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to the Guinness World Records for comment and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook purportedly shows the person ranked as the world\u2019s tallest man by the Guinness Book of World Records.Verdict: False Guinness World Records currently lists Robert Wadlow as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}