Alanna Glassman

Circus strongman Edouard Beaupré of Willow Bunch, Sask., stood over eight feet tall and died in 1904 at just 23. For years, Université de Montréal researchers examined his remains in search of his secrets — why did his spine continue to shrink after death while his skull grew?

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