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Now, the world’s tallest father

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BEIJING: The world’s tallest man, China’s Bao Xishun, became the world’s tallest father this week with the birth of his first child. Bao’s son measured 56 cm. long at birth, well short of the 75 cm. claimed as a record birth length last year.

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