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Fattest man in the world 1890 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He would've been advertised by the travelling circus (freak show) as the world's fattest but they had no way to know who in fact was the world's fattest.

[–] raptir@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure but the point is that this was fat enough to get people to come look at him at the freak show and now he's a fairly average American.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

That's true I guess, but he may have just been a side show for the bearded lady.