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TIL two of the tallest people alive in 1871 married, martin van buren bates, and Anna Haining (the prior measuring 7 foot 9 inches, weighing 475 pounds, the latter being 7 foot 11, 212 pounds) and had two still born children, both being far more giant than babies even on the larger end of the scale

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