Posts tagged: World Records

Will Robert Wadlow Always Be the World’s Tallest Man?

Will anyone ever be taller than Robert Wadlow? The small-town boy from Illinois was a whopping 8’11” tall — that’s right: eight feet, eleven inches — when he died in …..

Usain Bolt Biography: New!

The three-time Olympic gold medal winner is gearing up for another big meet in London this summer.

Howard Hughes Was Fastest

 Howard Hughes was a dashing millionaire who’d just turned 32 years old when he set a new speed record for a transcontinental flight on 19 January 1937.