• VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.worksM
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    5 months ago

    Dr: You can get your iron supplement in pill form at the local Walmart.
    Guy: Oh? That’s nice. Does it have any artificial sweeteners?
    Dr: It’s plain.
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      5 months ago

      “Gastroenterologists who X-rayed Lotito’s stomach said he was capable of consuming 2 pounds per day, according to his Guinness World Records entry.”

      I often read things and think about them and realize that it’s so absurd I can’t believe anyone tried to pass it off as true, and this is one of them.

      Gastroenterologist: “Oh yeah, that stomach can consume metal, I know because…” Because what? You’ve been trained to identify stomachs that can digest metal using X-rays? What day of gastroenterologist school was that?

      Go Google abdominal X-ray. You can’t even tell where the stomach is, it’s just a cloudy area.

      "Oh yeah, that cloudy area there can definitely digest metal, I can tell just by looking at it. I’d say it can digest, say, a pound and a half easily. Probably two pounds. Probably not two and a half though, I can tell just by looking at it that two pounds would be too much. "

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        Now look at an x-ray of an abdomen with a metallic object in it. Seems pretty plausible thata person could look at an x-ray containing a bunch of metal and approximate how much of it there is.

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      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito

      As fake as hell as this sounds, no this guy was for real. Check out his list of total objects consumed.


      At least:[3][8] [citation needed]

      • 45 door hinges
      • 18 bicycles
      • 15 shopping carts
      • 7 TV sets
      • 6 chandeliers
      • 2 beds
      • 1 pair of skis
      • 1 computer
      • 1 copy of the textbook Gravitation by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler.
      • 1 Cessna 150 light aircraft
      • 1 waterbed (full of water)
      • 500 metres (1,600 ft) of steel chain at once
      • 1 coffin (with handles)
      • 1 Guinness award plaque
      • Assorted razors and bolts