13 Incredible records that will NEVER be broken.. Ever! (With Pictures)

2. Robert Wadlow’s Height of 8’11”

Thanks to modern medicine, hyperplasia of the pituitary gland can be treated. So no one will shoot to the height of nearly 9 feet tall without some serious doctoral intervention. Robert Wadlow was known as the Alton Giant. Coincidentally, he was born in Alton, Illinois. By the time he graduated high school, he was already 8’4”. He became famous by traveling the United States with the Ringling Brothers Circus. He died at the age of 22 when one of his leg braces caused a blister which became infected. He passed away in his sleep.