In France in the 18th Century there was a man known as Tarrare… and boy could he eat. By the age of seventeen he could eat his own weight in beef. An insatiable hunger led him to become a travelling performer, eating everything from snakes to stones to golden forks. A very funny but sometimes gross story, probably don’t listen to this one whilst eating. Our website: dogoonpod.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-Topic Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: [email protected] Check out our other podcasts: Book Cheat: https://omny.fm/shows/bookcheatPrime Mates: https://omny.fm/shows/prime-matesREFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrarehttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Tarrarehttps://www.avclub.com/meet-the-man-who-couldn-t-stop-eating-1823720605http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eatinghttps://qz.com/916970/tarrare-the-bizarre-story-of-a-frenchman-who-ate-a-quarter-of-a-cow-daily-and-never-gained-weight/https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/qkx7bb/if-youre-eating-fresh-puppy-hearts-you-definitely-have-an-eating-disorderhttp://mentalfloss.com/article/66508/tarrare-greatest-glutton-all-time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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