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  • Odds cut for circus performer's record book dream

    03/12/2002 1:36:52 PM PST · by Dog Gone · 13 replies · 2,013+ views
    Ananova ^ | March 12, 2002
    A 2ft 4in circus performer has disputed claims he has been pipped to the post for the title of world's shortest man.Hungarian Pitchu To'th, who is employed in Britain by Cottle amp; Austen Circus, believes he inherited the mantle in 1997 following the death of 1ft 10in Indian Gul Mohammed.But the Guinness Book of Records states the world's smallest man is now quot;believed to bequot; a Jordanian, Younis Edwan, who measures 2ft 1.5in.Mr Edwan has not been proved to be the world's shortest man, however, because his height was measured only once, and record book rules state contenders must be...