“Per Wiki: Tarrare (c. 1772 – 1798), was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. He ate so much that his parents couldn’t provide for him and turned him away. During his life he traveled with a band of thieves, was opening act for a charlatan, worked as a street performer, served as a courier in the French army, underwent various procedures to try to cure him of his appetite, was suspected of eating a toddler so was ejected from the hospital, and died 4 years later of tuberculosis.”

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