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  2. Pauline Musters - Wikipedia

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    Every day she conducted three performances. To attract media attention, Verschueren had promised a reward of 12,000 Guilders to any person of at least 17 years of age who was smaller than Musters. [2] Pauline Musters was soon well liked in New York for her beauty and gracefulness; she was described as polite, calm, and gentle. [citation needed]

  3. Christopher Langan - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere ...

  4. William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...

  5. List of people with dwarfism - Wikipedia

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    Dutch woman, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever recorded 1876–1895 England: 114 cm (45 in) [119] Anne Clowes Reported centenarian dwarf (second longest lived next to Susanna Bokoyni) with house designed for her stature. [119] [120] [121] 1681–1784 United States: 135.0 cm (53.1 in) Paul Steven Miller

  6. Lucía Zárate - Wikipedia

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    Zárate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. [2] She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the "lightest recorded adult", weighing 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg) at the age of 17.

  7. The tragic story behind the world's first documented ... - AOL

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    Elbe, who also went by Lili Ilse Elvenes, was one of the first ever identifiable recipients of such a procedure in 1930. She was born Einar Wegener in 1882 and became a landscape painter.

  8. List of people claimed to be immortal in myth and legend

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    Gilgamesh's story is among the oldest stories recorded. [16] Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China who reigned during 259 BC–210 BC, also sought immortality in his old age. Twice he sent hundreds of people under the direction of Xu Fu to find the legendary elixir of life, but failed.

  9. What is 'Cat Person'? How the viral short story led to a movie

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    What is 'Cat Person? Kristen Roupenian's short story "Cat Person" was published by The New Yorker in December 2017. Immediately viral, the story was The New Yorker’s second most-read story that ...