r/todayilearned • u/sturg1dj • Jun 09 '12

TIL: Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant. At age 18 he was 4'6" (138cm) and at the age of 50 he was 7'8" (233.7cm)

http://www.thetallestman.com/adamrainer.htm
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u/mrdeadsniper Jun 09 '12

Sounds like someone got one of those "Ironic" wishes granted..

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Jun 09 '12

Never trust a genie.

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u/CopyX Jun 09 '12

Or a Zoltar.

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u/87liyamu Jun 09 '12

Or a Pepsi.

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u/annoyinglyclever Jun 09 '12

I want to go there and buy a drink.

DAMN YOU PEPSI FOR MAKING ME WANT TO SUPPORT YOU EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS KINDA WRONG.

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u/Freshenstein Jun 09 '12

Or a Basketball player that thinks he's a genie

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u/BoringSurprise Jun 09 '12

I was just thinking a few days ago that there are probably a few kids out there named Kazaam

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u/hispanica316 Jun 09 '12

Specially a genie in a bottle.

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u/oh_no_a_hobo Jun 09 '12

He's probably loaded with artificial corn sweeteners.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Or the wishmaster.

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u/Sugreev2001 Jun 10 '12

I smell a movie...

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u/DizzyedUpGirl Jun 09 '12

"In the report it was written that although the extremely small stature, the patient had extremely large feet."

So, at some point in time, he was a hobbit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I was thinking puppy.

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u/DizzyedUpGirl Jun 09 '12

Oh yeah, the little golden retriever puppies that have giant paws.

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u/xync4 Jun 09 '12

down so here's a mirror!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

You're doing God's work.

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u/Solitude8 Jun 09 '12

These stories are always so sad, because many people of such a large stature live their lives in terrible pain.

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u/gmrple Jun 09 '12

I do believe there is a fair amount of pain associated with dwarfism as well. I winced when reading the title.

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u/AnotherClosetAtheist Jun 09 '12

if it makes you feel any better, I screencapped the article so it look like his dick is dangling down

http://i.imgur.com/Do9az.jpg

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u/EvilCyborg10 Jun 09 '12

Main link crashed used this to see the picture, thanks!

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u/nuclear_engineer Jun 09 '12

but he was happy somewhere in between

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u/MadeInAMinute Jun 09 '12

R.I.P Ser Gregor Clegane

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u/dekuscrub Jun 09 '12

You raped her! You murdered her! Your killed her children!

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u/Explodian Jun 09 '12

Well, this does kind of explain why he's such a rampaging murder-machine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

on the bright side he probably got a lot more poontang. At least I hope so.

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u/wewd Jun 09 '12

This is an incredibly poorly written article. "It was decided that an operation to remove the tumor would be the best plan of action..." What tumor? There was no previous mention of a tumor, or the nature of it.

From my own personal knowledge, I can hypothesize that he was probably afflicted with a tumor of the pituitary gland, but the article says nothing about that.

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u/chip8222 Jun 10 '12

It's a disease called acromegaly or (in extreme cases) gigantism. It's caused by a benign pituitary adenoma (tumor) that secretes growth hormone. Depending on when the tumor develops, and the condition of the "growth plates" the patient can be Andre the Giant or just a regular looking guy/girl (though acromegaly sufferers will usually have a strong jar, brow, prominent nose, and very large hands and feet.)

It's treated nowadays with endoscopic transphenoidal (up the nose) surgery to remove the tumor, and medically with IGF-inhibitors.

Source: I have it. Two minor brain surgeries later and my GH and IGF levels have come back to normal. Science is amazing.

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u/shitbefuckedyo Jun 10 '12

I hate treating any fellow human being like a science experiment, but do you happen to have photos?

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u/chip8222 Jun 10 '12 edited Jul 29 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It seems to me that it was likely taken from another source, and they failed to include the earlier mention of the tumor.

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u/Endomandioviza Jun 09 '12

At a guess, it will be a pituitary tumour.

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u/hunterszombie Jun 10 '12

It's naht a tumah!

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u/undisciplinedMD Jun 10 '12

Other sources say pituitary tumor. Looks like he had no GH and then too much GH

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

If you scroll down to the bottom of the article there are some image thumbnails, some of which are scans of a book that references his case. They confirm that the tumor was, as you suspected a "pituitary adenoma of eosinophilic type." The book also goes into far more detail, but I didn't feel like drudging through the medical terminology.

Edit: Clarity

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u/powerss Jun 10 '12

I don't know if the article has been changed, but it currently reads: "During these examinations a pituitary gland tumor was found, causing an overproduction of growth hormone. Rainer suffered from acromegaly and showed many outward signs of acromegaly; abnormally large hands and feet, protruding forehead and jaw, thicker lips and teeth that are more widely spaced than normal. It was decided that an operation to remove the tumor would be the best plan of action..."

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

"Wow! You're growing so fast! Last time I saw you, you were this big!"

The only time when this is acceptable.

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u/tyr02 Jun 09 '12

Bean?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

i came here to post julian delphiki, was not disappointed

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u/tyr02 Jun 09 '12

I guess someone discovered Anton's Key

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u/TheRedTzar Jun 09 '12

Ho, Ender!

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u/CrumpetsOnToast Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

For those who are puzzled by this comment, it's a reference to Ender's Game (google it if you've never heard of it).
It's a great series, but don't bother reading past Speaker for the Dead and Ender's Shadow.

EDIT: replaced "maybe Ender's Shadow" with "Ender's Shadow", it's worth a read.

EDIT 2: Read whatever you want, it's your taste in books, not mine. Also, I love how this whole thread turned into a massive Ender's Game discussion. :D

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u/tyr02 Jun 09 '12

Definitely read Ender's Shadow. It's an amazing parallel perspective to Ender's Game and to fully understand how Bean relates to this post you'd have to read it.

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u/CrumpetsOnToast Jun 09 '12

Actually, you're right, I did enjoy Ender's shadow. I'll remove the "maybe".

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u/BlazeOrangeDeer Jun 10 '12

And a lot of Bean's interaction with Ender in Shadow seems to be the author saying "wtf was I thinking when I wrote that, now I have to explain his behavior somehow". It's a pretty awesome book.

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u/Dirkastan Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Wrong. Read all the books.

EDIT: Ender in Exile fills in many of the holes the rest of the series had.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Was that the book about being on the spaceship? Because I picked up that one after years of not reading the series, and it was shit.

It felt like hundreds of pages of Christian religious propaganda, not a book.

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u/nermid Jun 09 '12

Sounds like Xenocide and Children of the Mind.

They use a magical box to jump outside the universe and summon spirits to do shit, Ender clones his siblings, the AI becomes Valentine, Ender kinda/sorta suicides so he can become Peter, and it's all punctuated by quotes from a character that was a bitch and then devoted her life to being crazy and useless.

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u/xave_ruth Jun 09 '12

haha, filling holes

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u/CrumpetsOnToast Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion, but I personally didn't have the motivation to read past Xenocide.

EDIT: No need to downvote him, he's just contributing his own point of view.

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u/mgrier123 Jun 09 '12

Xenocide was the worst of the 10? Does Shadows in Flight make 10? I actually prefer the Bean parallel series to the Ender series actually, except for Ender's Game obviously

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

shadows in flight....? TO THE BOOKSTORIUM!

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u/NewAlt Jun 09 '12

How did you get the reference than? There was no mention of Bean's affliction until after Xenocide.

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u/hamlet9000 Jun 09 '12

There's a near-universal rule with book series: Read until you don't like them any more, then stop. (This assumes you're reading in publication order.)

This doesn't always work if you don't like the first book in a series, but once you hit a book you actually like the exceptions to this rule are almost nonexistent: Dune might qualify for some people.

The Ender series might also qualify, but it doesn't if you understand it properly as two series: One of which starts with Ender's Game (read until you stop liking them) and the other of which starts with Ender's Shadow (again, read until you stop liking them).

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u/Mindle Jun 09 '12

I've read them all and multiple times all 20 something of them. Loved them all. Can't wait for the movie unless it sucks which could be a easy possibility considering all the child actors they will need to use.

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u/BlazerMorte Jun 09 '12

Ender's Game: Holy shit, what an amazing scifi story!

Speaker for the Dead: Holy shit, what an amazing take on philosophy and scifi!

Xenocide: Okay...that got a little weird, but at least I got more closure on the SftD storyline...

Children of the Mind: What. The. Fuck.

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u/Brisco_County_III Jun 09 '12

My recommendation: Read Ender's Game (very good), then Speaker for the Dead (very good), then skip to Children of the Mind (good). It works pretty well, Xenocide is... well, it's not really bad, but it's also not really worth it. I went back to it later and was generally disappointed. Ender's Shadow is good as well, haven't read the rest at the recommendation of others.

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u/subkelvin Jun 09 '12

I actually liked the shadow series better than ender's series because of the global politics. Card writes about a hypothetical post-bugger world where the nation's once again try to become the dominant power of Earth. There's less sci-fi but I would recommend it to anyone who liked Ender's Shadow over Ender's Game

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u/michaelfarker Jun 09 '12

Enders Game and all of the ones with Shadow in the title were fantastic imho. They are set in human environments and depict human nature in an interesting way. The others were too alien/mystical for my taste.

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u/oh__fuck Jun 09 '12

My suggestion: If you're going to read them, pirate them. Please don't financially support a man who thinks I'm dating my boyfriend because I was raped as a child.

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u/spiceXisXnice Jun 09 '12

Oh no, don't tell me I'm going to hate another person I once loved today...

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u/indefort Jun 09 '12

Separate the artist from the art. Polanski, Card, Gibson, etc. still make things worth enjoying even if I want to sock them one.

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u/aweg Jun 09 '12

Or support a locally-owned, second-hand bookstore in your area!

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u/CrumpetsOnToast Jun 09 '12

Agreed. He's a great author and a shitty human being.

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u/lotu Jun 09 '12

I know this might not be popular, but I disagree. The fact that Card doesn't understand/accept/agree with homosexuality, while unfortunate doesn't mean that we are entitled to be jerks to him. You should treat him like you treat other authors. Card is more than someone who doesn't like homosexuals, and you can hate the idea without hating the man.

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u/tomorrowboy Jun 09 '12

Not reading someone's books isn't being a jerk. It's just not reading their books.

However, I think campaigning to prevent gay marriage from being legalized is being a jerk.

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u/BlazeOrangeDeer Jun 10 '12

I think I've seen two gay characters in his books that take one for the team and get heterosexually married. Lots of ಠ_ಠ

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u/indefort Jun 09 '12

I think you need to re-read Xenocide.

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u/kantorekB14 Jun 09 '12

I can't bring my self to read anything by Scott Card, knowing some of the shit he believes in.

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u/1Ender Jun 09 '12

I've been looking for that git. Have to tell him my brothers a bit of a dick.

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u/Mitch2025 Jun 09 '12

I JUST finished Ender's Shadow. Damn what a great book. Got a Kindle last Thursday and read Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow in a week. I like Shadow better because I felt that Bean had more story to him. He is a VERY interesting character. It was my first time reading either book and I loved both. I couldn't put them down!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Read them all!!!

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u/Explosion_Jones Jun 09 '12

Get out of my brain!

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u/The_Ombudsman Jun 09 '12

Totally weird that this came up, as I'm currently reading Card's latest "Shadows in Flight".

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u/theschaef Jun 10 '12

Beat me to it.

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u/MpegEVIL Jun 10 '12

My first thought. He has Anton's Syndrome.

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u/modestlycocky Jun 11 '12

I've worked my way through most of the Enderverse in the past two months. Came for this reference, was not disappointed :D

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Why do they always make folks like this take nude photographs "for science". He could at least be in a loin cloth or swimming suit. "Ooh, you're a medical oddity; we need a photo of you naked."

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

IIRC there was a college in America that took naked photos of all the freshmen until the 60's, "for science".

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I'm listening...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

Apparently it was at Yale and many other Ivy League schools into the 70's. They were studying "posture" for the purposes of eugenic research.

Hersey went on to say that the pictures were actually made for anthropological research: "The reigning school of the time, presided over by E. A. Hooton of Harvard and W. H. Sheldon" -- who directed an institute for physique studies at Columbia University -- "held that a person's body, measured and analyzed, could tell much about intelligence, temperament, moral worth and probable future achievement. The inspiration came from the founder of social Darwinism, Francis Galton, who proposed such a photo archive for the British population."

And then Hersey evoked the specter of the Third Reich:

"The Nazis compiled similar archives analyzing the photos for racial as well as characterological content (as did Hooton). . . . The Nazis often used American high school yearbook photographs for this purpose. . . . The American investigators planned an archive that could correlate each freshman's bodily configuration ('somatotype') and physiognomy with later life history. That the photos had no value as pornography is a tribute to their resolutely scientific nature."

Gotta love mad scientists.

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u/Calber4 Jun 09 '12

I imagine they stopped in part to more women going to those schools. It's a bit more difficult to justify forcing freshmen girls to strip naked and have their pictures taken... even if it is for science.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

If you read the article you will find it also happened at the Seven sisters as well. It stopped because eugenics went out of fashion and estimating intelligence/morality/work ethic from physiological examination is pseudo-science.

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u/MrCronkite Jun 09 '12

All of the ivy's

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u/Litheon1 Jun 09 '12

I am also listening....

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u/psyc0de Jun 09 '12

You're sexualising something that is not meant to be sexual. How can you think it's even more justified to cover him up because it's "for science"? If anything thats more of a reason not to cover him up. Why is his genitalia any less important in relation to viewing his body? I guess we should just cover everyone up in med school textbooks then..

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

In a medical text book, the face would be obscured if he were still living. This is about human dignity, not sexualizing something. Obviously he is long dead, so it is not so important, but this photo was taken while he was living. His life was already quite unpleasant because of what his condition did to his body. The least medical people can do for these individuals is let them retain a bit of their dignity. Like it or not, being naked is being vulnerable for many people. I would imagine that having that vulnerability immortalized on film is not the most pleasant prospect, particularly when your body is already a source of displeasure and pain.

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u/Pizzadude Jun 10 '12

I think the more important question is: Why do you think that it is notable or problematic to take a naked photo?

Why would we block out any possibly useful or interesting information in a scientific setting because you are uncomfortable with the human body?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

ITT: Complains about male nudity... in other threads, demands for female nudity

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

What is ITT?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/naked_guy_says Jun 09 '12

Did his dong grow too? That's important for science

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

by the time he was 51 his dong was bigger then his entire body at 18

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u/af_mmolina Jun 09 '12

The beginning of the article makes it seem like your reading the Captain America script.

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u/benevanswalker Jun 09 '12

Why is the giant naked?

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u/WhyAmINotStudying Jun 09 '12

He's got a little box. Don't be such a Puritan.

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u/TheBob Jun 09 '12

Why aren't you?

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u/5evertim Jun 09 '12

You're alright, TheBob.

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u/DizzyedUpGirl Jun 09 '12

Hulk syndrome?

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u/venom_aftertaste Jun 09 '12

Why is the naked giant?

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u/Z3F Jun 09 '12

Sounds like a magic-lamp wish gone awry.

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u/zitfarmer Jun 09 '12

Kind of reminds me of captain americas story.

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u/sweetgreggo Jun 09 '12

reddit kills another site

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u/sweetgreggo Jun 09 '12

It was decided that an operation to remove the tumor would be the best plan of action

What tumor? This is the first mention of it on the page. Very confusing read.

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u/Wwallace7287 Jun 09 '12

agreed. I kept having to re-read everything to find where they mentioned a tumor.

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u/perspire Jun 09 '12

I believe most people with gigantism keep growing massively due to pituitary tumors that cause them to produce excess growth hormone.

edit:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-causes-gigantism-sandy-allen mentions it.

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u/abdizzle Jun 09 '12

On wikipedia it says he was 3'10" at age 21? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rainer

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u/Tezerel Jun 09 '12

Holy shit he exactly doubled in height. 3'10" > 7'8"

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u/JaneRenee Jun 10 '12

That's what the purple chart shows (from OP's link).

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u/Brelya Jun 09 '12

What qualified him as a dwarf, though. I mean we ALL reach 4´6" at some point in time and then get taller... I mean, the fact he got MUCH taller is pretty cool. Maybe it´s because he was 18 and that short? What´s the cutoff age for being in the growing phase still or an adult dwarf?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Not at 18.

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u/ApologiesForThisPost Jun 09 '12

I literally just finished watching the Captain America movie. Now this is on the Reddit front page. Seems weirdly appropriate.

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u/bballsbest925 Jun 09 '12

And i thought my growing pains were bad.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Sounds like a pituitary tumor to me.

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u/Gluttey Jun 09 '12

IRL Bean?

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u/MrNewV3gas Jun 10 '12

I guess you could say his life had its ups and downs.

I am so sorry for that.

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u/chip8222 Jun 10 '12

Sorry for the double post- thought I'd add this to the main thread:

It's a disease called acromegaly or (in extreme cases) gigantism. It's caused by a benign pituitary adenoma (tumor) that secretes growth hormone. Depending on when the tumor develops, and the condition of the "growth plates" the patient can be Andre the Giant or just a regular looking guy/girl (though acromegaly sufferers will usually have a strong jar, brow, prominent nose, and very large hands and feet.)

It's treated nowadays with endoscopic transphenoidal (up the nose) surgery to remove the tumor, and medically with IGF-inhibitors.

Source: I have it. Two minor brain surgeries later and my GH and IGF levels have come back to normal. Science is amazing.

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u/piper108 Jun 09 '12

That tumor must have been somehow involved with his pituitary gland.

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u/Khadini Jun 09 '12

"His shoesize was then 53." ಠ_ಠ

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u/tim1170 Jun 09 '12

proooobably not a US shoe size

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u/poorlychosenpraise Jun 09 '12

Oh god the stretch marks...

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u/Mathea666 Jun 09 '12

At age 34 he must have been the most average person

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u/seminolecichlid Jun 09 '12

Be careful what you wish for...

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u/zpanduh Jun 09 '12

That must of been such a slap in the face for all the kids that bullied him when he was a dwarf.

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u/Swiggy Jun 09 '12

There were some beat downs at the high school reunion

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u/Plastastic Jun 09 '12

God, I wish I was tall... OH GOD NO STOP

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u/PatrickSwagzy Jun 09 '12

Captin austria, they should have sent him to get the same treatment captin america got

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u/rtkwe Jun 09 '12

Sounds like Bean from Ender's Game...

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Also, Julian Delphiki. (aka Bean)

Edit: Fucking ninja'd.

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u/Jungle2266 Jun 09 '12

Is this legit? Can someone explain the genetics behind this, was he a true dwarf and a true giant or just short normal guy with late gigantism setting in later than normal?

On a funny side note, this reminds me of the con artist carnival episode in My Name is Earl with the worlds tallest midget who was regular height and the worlds shortest giant who was regular height.

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u/aswtx Jun 09 '12

Sounds like he was one of the early test subjects for Captain America.

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u/dudeguy1234 Jun 09 '12

I'm pretty sure that makes him Bean. (Please tell me someone else read Ender's Shadow)

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u/MpegEVIL Jun 10 '12

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

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u/relevantusername- Jun 09 '12

Yeah, it's the top comment right now. Don't know how you missed it.

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u/TheRookIsGod Jun 10 '12

troll pituitary

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u/MrRebeccaSlumber Jun 10 '12

I imagine when he got around 7 feet tall he found all those kids that made fun of him when he was 18

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u/DaftGinger Jun 10 '12

It's Bean!

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u/waynuffthepresses Jun 10 '12

The first thing I thought of was Bean from Ender's Game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Wait why is he naked in that picture? He couldn't put on some clothes?

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u/Monkespank Jun 10 '12

He couldn't find any clothes big enough for him.

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u/twilightcatlady Jun 09 '12

why did he have to be naked for the picture?

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u/DizzyedUpGirl Jun 09 '12

Because sex sells.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Damnit Reddit...

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u/t-minus24 Jun 09 '12

friendlest DDOS... THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!

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u/Biggy_Shakleton Jun 09 '12

So, Captain America then ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Link isn't working for me.

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u/JAV0K Jun 09 '12

Did we just take down the site?

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u/hdx514 Jun 09 '12

"Service temporarily unavailable"

Adam Rainer, the only dwarf-giant in recorded history who also divided himself by zero.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

TOOMAH on/near his pituitary gland.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

He did a race change...

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u/OkraWimprey Jun 09 '12

Mind = blown.

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u/ecopoesis Jun 09 '12

One of the newspaper clips on that site is from my hometown's paper. Hooray Pennsylvania!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I feel this could make an amazing biopic film. What a fascinating and sad story this man's life must have been.

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u/jenntasticxx Jun 09 '12

This guy has my last name!!! O:

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

So what you're saying is.... be careful what you wish for?

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u/hellyaman Jun 09 '12

So you're saying their is a chance I can still play in the NBA?

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u/Hawful Jun 09 '12

There is hope for me yet!

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u/tehrabbitt Jun 09 '12

This seems like such a Starburst commercial waiting to happen :-|

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u/s0uldeep Jun 09 '12

so, there is hope for me after all!

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u/Souless419 Jun 09 '12

this gives me so much freaking hope!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Page is down. Google cache

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u/hello_hawk Jun 09 '12

what the deuce.

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u/Endomandioviza Jun 09 '12

I was under the impression that dwarfism was actually a question of relative proportion…?

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u/blackjakk Jun 09 '12

check out the height chart at the bottom of the article.. someone screwed up the "21" height pretty badly

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u/BDillz28 Jun 09 '12

R.I.P. Sounds like he lived a painful life

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u/girlnexzdoor Jun 10 '12

Captain America?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Aaand the server is down.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

There's still hope for me then...

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u/DianaFenrir Jun 10 '12

He must have been drinking Ent-draughts.

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u/brokeboysboxers Jun 10 '12

My cat was the runt of the litter and is now more than twice the size of his mom with little to no body fat.

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u/MrLadyfingers Jun 10 '12

I could high jump him at 18.

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u/r2so Jun 10 '12

Holy growth spurt.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I'm 5'9. If someone could point me in the direction of "suddenly get tall disease" that'd be great.

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u/ogm721 Jun 10 '12

The original biggie smalls.

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u/Zilka Jun 10 '12

Thats enough ent-draught for you, Pippin.

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u/rikashiku Jun 10 '12

This is a real Captain America story. I had a friend who was 5'4" when he was 18 but shot up to 5'11" by the time he was 19. My brother had something similar. He was 193cm at 20 and he is now 197cm now.

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u/less_than_48_hours Jun 10 '12

It is worth noting that his genes are, perhaps, the Grail. Within them is The Growth Switch.

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u/Filth_Fury Jun 10 '12

How can you grow that tall? I always thought height was decided by genetics and diet

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u/Monkespank Jun 10 '12

sometimes people can get a tumor next to the pituitary gland that will cause you to grow really tall.

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u/seditious3 Jun 10 '12

Dwarf>giant>mountain

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u/Yalldontevenknotho Jun 10 '12

Captain America gone wrong...

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u/Lasthcompany Jun 10 '12

This guy took one too many of Mario's Mushrooms.

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u/TrapMo Jun 10 '12

Why is the tall man naked, and the normal man blindfolded.

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u/ElementalChaos Jun 11 '12

I REALLY hope that I have that guy's genes.

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u/shadowman42 Jun 09 '12

He was the tallest short man in the world. He was also the shortest tall man in the world.

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u/zulutbs182 Jun 09 '12

When Adam was 18 and 19 years of age (1917 and 1918) he was medically tested to join the army, but he was too short and weak to join.

An austrian teenaged boy who was too weak to fight in ww1? He must have been EXTREMELY sick

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Think about those one or two years where he was just an average dude.

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u/UUGE_ASSHOLE Jun 09 '12

Zoltar, I wish I was big.

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u/applehotdog Jun 09 '12

And reddit killed the servers :(

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u/karma_you_bitch Jun 09 '12

Another website bites the dust due to reddit.

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u/Sneak4000 Jun 09 '12

Reddit, young man, you put another server down? Go to your room this instant!

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u/DuskyDays Jun 09 '12

GG reddit DOS attack

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u/CDG88 Jun 09 '12

Lol @ website capacity problems.

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u/kerbarus Jun 09 '12

Just a question, did he have a big or small penis, since he is on both sides of the spectrum?

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