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TIL that in 1951, Gertrude Levandowski underwent a 96-hour procedure at a Chicago hospital to remove a giant ovarian cyst (150 pounds). Levandowski weighed 616 pounds before the surgery and had a girth of 9 feet. After the growth was removed, the 58-year-old weighed a more manageable 308 pounds.

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