Adam Rainer (1899–4 March1950), of Austria, is the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant. In 1920 at the age of 21, Adam Rainer was measured at 1.18m [3ft 10.5 inches]. Then for unknown reasons he had a dramatic 1 metre growth spurt so that by 1931 he had reached a height of 2.18 (7ft 1.75 inches). As a result of his extreme growth he became bed-ridden for the rest of his life. When he died in 1950 he had reached an incredible height of 2.34 metres (7ft 8 inches), growing 46 inches during his adult years. Guinness World Records 2004 Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Men hur kommer man in i berget, frÃ¥gade tomtepojken (But how do I get into the mountain? the young dwarf asked. ... Anna Haining Bates with her parents Greek gigas, gigantus (giant) is a condition characterized by excessive height growth and bigness. ... Growth can mean increase in spatial number or complexity for concrete entities in time or increase in some other dimension for abstract or hard-to-measure entities. ...
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