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Today is Guinness World Records Day, and the record-keeping company celebrated with a meeting between the world’s tallest and shortest men in London.

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Turkey’s Sultan Kosen is eight feet three inches, and Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi is 21.5 inches — the same height as six stacked cans of backed beans.

Dangi, a 74-year-old who lives in the isolated Nepalese village of Reemkholi in Dang district, makes “placemats and head straps for villagers carrying heavy loads,” according to Guinness World Records. But he always hoped to get the chance to travel the world.

Dangi said that becoming a record holder has given him the chance fulfill his “lifelong dream.”

“I’m honoured to be in London, I’ve always wanted to visit and the fact I get to meet Sultan is special. It makes me extremely proud to represent Nepal all around the world,” he said according to The Daily Telegraph. “I’m extremely humbled by the support I receive.”