Rasmus Nielsen was born in 1874 in Denmark. He was tattooed across most of his body and was reportedly able to lift a 25 pound hammer in an act dubbed “The Iron Tongue”.   

Nielsen was known by many names; ‘The Scandinavian Strongman’, ‘The Tattooed Wonderman’ and “The Strongman from Denmark” but to his friends he was simply known as ‘Tough Titty’. Rasmus Nielsen died in 1957 after suffering from acute pericarditis. 

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