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Published 17:29 8 Nov 2023 GMT
Updated 17:29 8 Nov 2023 GMT
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Wedders lived in the 18th century. (Picture: The Strand Magazine, Vol. XI,)[/caption]
"At all events, we are told this Yorkshireman expired, nose and all, as he had lived, in a condition of mind best described as the most abject idiocy."
His nose, being a whopping 7.5 inches, or 19 centimetres, is still the world record holder.
The phenomenal nose has been memorialised in a Ripley's Believe It Or Not cartoon, as well as in a wax figure which depicted just how lengthy his schnoz really was. Wedders has also earned a posthumous Guinness World Record for 'longest nose'.
Though not much is known about Wedders' personal life, it's claimed he acted as a performer in various circus sideshows before he passed away in his early 50s.
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