Tarrare, the Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating

An 18th-century Frenchman with a bottomless appetite who devoured live cats, cork, and whole meals meant for fifteen. Doctors were both fascinated and…

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Doctors tried to cure him by feeding him a live eel whole, and it still didn't work.

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