6. This photograph of 19-year-old, Andre the Giant, surrounded by women in towels was taken in 1966 during a fashion exhibition in Paris.
At that time, he was already 7 feet and 4 inches!
7. #AndréTheGiantProblems: This professional wrestler always wanted to go for a Broadway play, but never went because he didn’t want to block the view for other people.
8. André the Giant once drank 119 beers in 6 hours (that’s definitely a record, right?). He passed out in a hotel lobby, where he spent the night. The reason? He was too large to be carried back to his room. You never wake a sleeping Giant, you see.
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9. When André the Giant visited Japan, he would sometimes have to relieve himself in bathtubs, or on newspapers because the toilets were too small for him. #AndréTheGiantProblems
10. In 1965, Andre the Giant received a draft notice for French’s peace time army, but could not enlist because there were no shoes big enough, bunks long enough, or trenches deep enough to accommodate him.
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