THE SHORTEST MEETS THE TALLEST.



NOV 14: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal (L), the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records, poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey, in London on Nov. 13, 2014. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)
Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal (L), the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records, poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey, in London on Nov. 13, 2014. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)

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