A small amount of water and a piece of an Alka-Seltzer tablet are placed in a plastic film canister. The lid is quickly snapped on and the canister turned upside down. Within a few seconds the canister explodes with a loud pop, sending the bottom of the canister flying through the air.
At just under 25 inches tall, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, is the world's shortest woman. She's a college-bound student, with dreams of making it as an actress. Still, she weighs just 12 pounds -- only nine pounds more than she did at birth. Even among dwarfs, Amge is tiny.
Ryan Murphy tweeted a photo of Jessica Lange and Jyoti Amge from the set of âAmerican Horror Story: Freak Show' on Wednesday. Jyoti Amge, a 20-year-old Indian woman who has been named the worldâs smallest woman by The Guinness Book of World Records, is the latest person to join the fourth season of the hit FX show. âAHSâ creator Ryan Murphy announced the unique casting coup Wednesday, when he tweeted a photo of Jessica Lange holding her new co-star.