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Extreme polyphagia; very rare condition, one where the person suffering is unable to control their appetite, and in some cases will literally eat anything. One of the most famous historical cases, and certainly one of the most disturbing, is that of French soldier and sideshow performer Tarrare, who lived from approximately 1772 to 1798.
I was able to find a few historical notations of this very odd case.
Extreme polyphagia; very rare condition, one where the person suffering is unable to control their appetite, and in some cases will literally eat anything. One of the most famous historical cases, and certainly one of the most disturbing, is that of French soldier and sideshow performer Tarrare, who lived from approximately 1772 to 1798.
I was able to find a few historical notations of this very odd case.
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Mary Toft (1701-1763)
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Emilio Palma (1978-)
Born in Antarctica
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Dead Men's Pockets
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Sadamichi Hirasawa (1892-1987)
He was convicted of mass-poisoning in order to rob a bank.
On February 9, 1945, the German U-boat U-864 was sunk by the Royal Navy submarine HMS Venturer. It was the first and only time in history where one submarine intentionally sunk another submarine in combat when both were at periscope depth.
Christmas was illegal in the U.S. until 1836 as it was considered an ancient Pagan holiday. Alabama was the first state to make it a legal holiday.
The world's oldest university in continuous operation is the University of Karueein, founded in 859 A.D. in Morocco.
The U.S. tried to purchase Greenland from Denmark in 1946 for $100 million U.S. dollars.
Dead Men's Pockets
Abraham Lincoln had 2 pairs of spectacles, a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note and 8 newspaper clippings.
The American songwriter Stephen Foster had 3 U.S. pennies, 30 cents in Civil War script, and a leather wallet containing a scrap of paper that read " Dear Friends And Gentle Hearts."
Edgar Allan Poe had a trunk key in his pocket.
The bolded part is certainly incorrect. There may have been ignored ordinances on the books of some villages here and there but settlers brought the Christmas tradition with them from Europe and celebrated the holiday. "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" was written in 1823.
The bolded part is certainly incorrect. There may have been ignored ordinances on the books of some villages here and there but settlers brought the Christmas tradition with them from Europe and celebrated the holiday. "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" was written in 1823.
I read that in an old Ripley's Believe It Or Not book but they didn't give much detail about it. I found it on a few websites that add a little more information. From what I read, it sounds like it was banned.
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