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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you were rich even in ancient times you could be carried by servants and put in some kind of chariot or carriage, but getting enough food to get that fat and eating it all without modern industrial food would be the real feat.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hatshepsut managed to be obese in the mid 1400s BCE.

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