One of the most bizarre medical marvels of the 18th century, Polish soldier Charles Domery was known for one thing and one thing only: his bottomless appetite.
Domery would eat almost literally anything if he couldn't get a square meal, be it grass, candles, and even live cats.
One man who served in the Prussian army with Domery recalled him devouring some 174 cats in a single year, leaving behind just the bones.
And around 1798, when Domery's ship was defeated by the British at sea, he came across the leg of a crewmate that had been blown off by cannon fire — and started gnawing on it.
Reportedly, Domery's comrades had to wrestle the severed leg away from him and toss it overboard to stop the act of cannibalism.
Once a prisoner of war, Domery was studied by British doctors who couldn't make heads or tails of him.
Scarfing down raw livers, pounds of raw meat, candlesticks, and rats, Domery never even seemed to vomit or defecate. Go inside his stomach-turning story:
18th-Century Polish Soldier Charles Domery Was Always Hungry — And He Ate Everything From Candles To Cats
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