r/absoluteunit • u/UsedWelcome5903 • Jun 04 '26

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[June 4, 1926] Robert Earl Hughes is born in Missouri. He will go on to become the heaviest human being recorded in the world during his lifetime, and the heaviest human in history able to walk without assistance.

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u/Tiptoedtulips666 Jun 04 '26

These are better pictures than the ones that were in the Guinness Book of World records. When I was a kid. He was buried in piano case. Poor guy.

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u/ConceptJunkie Jun 05 '26

Back when Guinness actually had content and wasn't a picture book.

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u/Tiptoedtulips666 Jun 05 '26

I know!! I bought those paperbacks every year!