16th century plague doctor masks, worn during a Black Death outbreak. The beak was filled with herbs to help with the smell of death & decay.

Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded history to have been both a dwarf and a giant. At 19, he was just 4’8” (142cm) and because of a pituitary tumor, by age 33 he reached a height of 7’2” (218cm), and upon his death at 51 he grew to be 7’8” (234cm).