TIL Daniel Lambert (1770- 1809), the heaviest authenticated person in history at that time, once fought a bear on the streets of Leicester and only gave up horseback hunting when his weight exceeded 560 pounds

Poor horse

meta3030

He was a gaol keeper. I misread that as a goal keeper and figured that made sense as he was so large he’d block the goal.

AusCan531

Shocking that he died at 39, truly a surprise

Ill-Ad-532

There’s a man alive with a very similar story. His name is Bert Kreischer

RedSonGamble

Today’s record is more than 500kg, imagine comparing the two

Rarroyo94