Trace Metals. Metals, including nickel, iron, and vanadium are often found in crude oils in small quantities and are removed during the refining process. Burning heavy fuel oils in refinery furnaces and boilers can leave deposits of vanadium oxide and nickel oxide in furnace boxes, ducts, and tubes.
Chandra, meet Sultan â Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21Â½ inches the shortest adult ever verified by Guinness World Records, poses Thursday in London with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, who stands 8 feet 3 inches tall. Chandra, meet Sultan â Dangi, 74, is a weaver in a remote village of Nepal. He weighs just 32 pounds.
At 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), Muggsy Bogues is the shortest player ever to have played in the NBA. This is a complete listing of the shortest players in National Basketball Association history at a listed height of 5 feet, 9 inches or shorter. Only 23 players in NBA history have been at a listed height of 5 feet, 9 inches or shorter. Two are currently active. The shortest NBA player, and only player at this height to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Calvin Murphy, at 5 feet, 9 inches.