It is this intellectual quality which gives it so large a place in universal history] Using the word in a somewhat broader sense, we may define the Renaissance as the reentrance into the world of that secular, inquiring, self-reliant spirit which characterized the life and culture of classical antiquity.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
It's the birthday of the tallest man who ever lived. 1  At age 12, Wadlow learned that he had a hyperactive pituitary gland that caused his incredible growth. In this photo, world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera playfully punches Wadlow, then 6-foot-11.