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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/kvgoodspirit1806 on 2025-08-23 14:55:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about a Frenchman named Tarrare, who was a French showman, soldier and spy known for an unusually large appetite. He could eat live animals, quarter of a bullock in a day, he was suspected of eating a one year old toddler while in the hospital. Finally died of exudative diarrhea and tuberculosis