Shortest man in the world was 1.79-foot tall
With a height of 1.79 feet, Nepalese garment weaver Chandra Bahadur Dangi, made the record for being the shortest adult of all time in 2012. Chandra weighed 14.5 kg at the age of 72 and was shorter than five soft drink cans stacked on top of each other. Three of Chandra's five brothers were also less than four feet tall.