The World's Shortest Man and a 111th Birthday
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Updated: May 15, 2012
The world's shortest man and a 111th birthday. It's news stories that have gone Over the Edge.
It's got to be hard being the shortest man in the world but the man from Nepal who's less than two feet tall says he's getting a chance to see the world because of his height. Chandra Bahadur Dangi is on an international tour after the Guinness World Records named him the smallest man on the planet at just 21.5 inches long. Dangi, who's 72 years old, travels in his cousin's backpack. He says no one in his family knew when he stopped growing, or why.
A 93 year old new york woman has been declared the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records. She teaches classes four days a week and says her doctor told her she wouldn't be able to do yoga after getting a hip replacement but she proved him wrong. She started doing yoga when she was just eight years old.
An Oakland woman celebrates a huge milestone and turning one 111 years old! Dominga Velasco brought in her birthday surrounded by family and friends at the Posada De Colores retirement home, Monday. Velasco, a Mexico native, moved to the US during the Mexican Revolution. She started up two restaurants and became an activist, throwing her support for Cesar Chavez. Her neighborhood has erected a statue in her honor.
It's got to be hard being the shortest man in the world but the man from Nepal who's less than two feet tall says he's getting a chance to see the world because of his height. Chandra Bahadur Dangi is on an international tour after the Guinness World Records named him the smallest man on the planet at just 21.5 inches long. Dangi, who's 72 years old, travels in his cousin's backpack. He says no one in his family knew when he stopped growing, or why.
A 93 year old new york woman has been declared the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records. She teaches classes four days a week and says her doctor told her she wouldn't be able to do yoga after getting a hip replacement but she proved him wrong. She started doing yoga when she was just eight years old.
An Oakland woman celebrates a huge milestone and turning one 111 years old! Dominga Velasco brought in her birthday surrounded by family and friends at the Posada De Colores retirement home, Monday. Velasco, a Mexico native, moved to the US during the Mexican Revolution. She started up two restaurants and became an activist, throwing her support for Cesar Chavez. Her neighborhood has erected a statue in her honor.
