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.
If you want to know the record holder for the lightest person in the world, then you're in the right place. Lucia Zarate is considered the lightest woman and person of all time weighing only 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg) at the age of 17. She is the first person to have been identified with Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type II. She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the lightest recorded adult. Khagendra Thapa Magar is the world's lightest living person. Just 600 grams (21 oz) at birth, he weighs as an adult 5.5 kilograms (12 lb; 0.87 st) and measures 0.67 m (2 ft 2 1â2 in) and also considered the shortest living adult.