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TIL of Tarrare, an 18th century Frenchman with abnormal eating habits. He ate live animals, rocks, military documents, and allegedly a toddler. When he died of TB, doctors found him to have an enormous, pus-filled stomach, and other oversized organs. You could see his stomach from down his mouth.

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