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Khagendra Thapa Magar is weighed in front of a Guinness World Records official (not pictured) at a local hospital in Pokhara, west of Kathmandu, on October 14, 2010. The Nepalese teenager whose tiny stature has made him a celebrity in his homeland entered the record books as the world's shortest man, standing at just 25.8 inches tall, as he celebrated his 18th birthday.

The world's shortest man

Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal was named the world's shortest man today by Guinness World Records. See photos of Khagendra who is just over two feet tall.

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