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It’s lucky they had the world’s tallest man ((he) has it all, even in today’s terms: towering height, fashionable “iconic” status (in a year in which anything from a new museum in Denver by Daniel Libeskind to a pair of modish socks was labelled “iconic”) on call to lend a hand. Or rather, an extremely long arm. The essential text of the get is quite short: “You are hereby permitted to all men,” i.e. you are no longer a married woman, and the laws of adultery no longer apply. Several telephone calls later and Mr Bao, certified last year as the world’s tallest man, taking the title from previous holder, Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, by a mere 2mm, was on his way, from his home in the province of Inner Mongolia.


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