Stunning history of this Englishman with longest nose in world leaves internet floored

Social media is a place where one can find anything and everything under sun. A recent post by a meme account on Twitter went viral due to historical fact it comes up with. On 12 November, a Twitter account called ‘@historyinmemes’ posted a picture of Thomas Wedders, who was known for having world’s longest nose. 

A Twitter account named, Historic Vids, on Saturday, tweeted, “Thomas Whouse was an English circus performer who lived in 18th century. He is most famously known for having world's longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.” post which has 119.5k likes and 7, 217 retweets went viral instantly. 

Guinness World Records n went on to confirm fact. organisation claims that re are historical accounts that “Thomas Wedders who lived in England during 1770s was a member of a travelling freak circus” ding that he h a nose measuring 19 cm (7.5 in) long. Although current record holder is a Turkish man named Mehmet Özyürek who is recorded to have an 8.8 cm long nose. 

Who is Thomas Wedders? 

Thomas Wedders also known as Thomas Whouse was born in Yorkshire England. He was a performer in various circus sideshows in mid-18th century. He was chiefly known for his long nose, but re is little known about Wedders’s life. Guinness World records gave him posthumous title of “world’s largest nose”.

A wax station of his he is present in Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum. viral post instantly became humour heaven for Netizens. While some shared a cartoon character Squidward’s memes, ors referenced movie Pinocchio. A Twitter user wrote, “Why does he look like he would live in a giant fish house, playing a clarinet, and getting pissed off by a sponge?”