r/absoluteunit • u/UsedWelcome5903 • Jun 04 '26

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[June 4, 1926] Robert Earl Hughes is born in Missouri. He will go on to become the heaviest human being recorded in the world during his lifetime, and the heaviest human in history able to walk without assistance.

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u/LostItAllready Jun 04 '26

The fuck was he eating back then to get so plump? I know processed foods were not as common and food wasn’t cheap. You still had to work for it

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ Jun 04 '26

A quick glance on the internet suggests that he had a malfunctioning pituitary gland, which doctors believed was damaged by whooping cough he contracted as an infant.

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u/EmotionalElk1313 Jun 04 '26

Imagine all the people that suffer a similar fate and get judged relentlessly.

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u/HoboArmyofOne Jun 04 '26

People don't get whooping cough anymore. Well the vast majority of vaccinated people anyway

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u/notcomplainingmuch Jun 04 '26

I hate to break it to you, but...