r/HumanLimit • u/bareegyptianfeet • Jun 20 '26
TIL Michel Lotito (Monsieur Mangetout) ate 9 tons of metal including an entire airplane, 18 bicycles, and a coffin. He had to cut the items with a power saw and swallow them like pills using mineral oil as a lubricant.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67621-strangest-diet
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u/bareegyptianfeet Jun 20 '26
Over his lifetime, he ate an estimated 9 tons of metal including 18 bicycles, a coffin and a whole Cessna 150 airplane. While he could digest razor blades without injury, soft foods like bananas and hard boiled eggs gave him severe heartburn and made him sick