159 - Tarrare, The Man Who Ate Anything
Episode Date: November 7, 2018In 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...
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521 episodes transcribedIn 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...
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