On May 19th, 1946, Andre Rene Rusimov was born into the world in Kulimmy France.

At birth he weighed 13 pounds or 6 kilograms, and from there he only got bigger.

He eventually topped out at 7 feet 4 inches tall,

weighed 520 pounds, and became a worldwide phenomenon as a professional wrestler and actor.

He is one of a few human beings to whom the

adjective legendary can truly be ascribed. Today people still speak of his

incredible feats in awe. Learn more about Andre the Giant, the eighth wonder of the world on this episode of Everything

Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Travel Photography Academy. In 2007 I sold my home to travel around the world.

I bought an expensive camera that I didn't know how to use and took a bunch of terrible photos.

Several years, a hundred countries, and tens of thousands of photos later,

I had improved my photography to the point where I was winning national awards,

being named Travel Photographer of the Year three times in North America.

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so you don't have to spend the many years that I did to improve your photography.

Even though we can't easily travel right now, you can still work on improving your photography at home and in your own community.

Just go to travel photography academy.com or click on the link in the show notes to start improving your photography today.

As I noted in the introduction, Andre Rosamoff was a very big baby.

He was born in rural France to parents who were farmers. He grew up very

quickly. By the age of 12 he was already six feet three inches tall or a hundred

and ninety one centimeters. At the age of 14 he finished school as that was the end of compulsory

education in France at the time. He spent the next several years doing manual

labor on his family's farm and at a local factory. In 1964 at the age of 18 he moved to

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