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Jul 2019
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Short Stuff: The Man Who Didn’t Eat for ...

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In 1965, a 456-pound man walked into a hospital in Scotland and asked for help with a fast. That was the last day he ate for more than a year. Learn about the medical marvel that was Angus Barbieri.

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