But the most amazing eater ever recorded is Tarrare, an 18th-century French showman able to consume his own weight in beef by the time he was 17. It’s unclear whether Tarrare was his real name ...

The man at the centre of the story – Tarrare – became the subject of public fascination and even military interest. Born in Lyon in 1772, Tarrare soon came to be known as a boy with an ...

I’ll save you some time: The post is referencing a French man known as Tarrare, who lived around the end of the 18th century. I highly recommend you Google Tarrare and let your instincts guide you.

Back in France, Tarrare pleaded not to be used as a crap courier again and begged for medical treatment to make his eating habits more like his contemporaries. As you're probably already aware ...

Charles Domery was a Polish man whose eating habits astounded three armies. Tarrare was a Frenchman who went from carnival act to spy to suspected murderer. What made these men so desperately hungry?

If you're not familiar with the true story of Tarrare, the French showman and soldier whose insatiable appetite led him to eat excessive amounts of food and non-food, then don't worry. Ferndale ...

Generally, the concept of humans exhibiting supernatural abilities is usually confined to the realm of science fiction (operative word fiction). However, throughout the course of history, there ...