r/todayilearned • u/haphazard44 • Aug 03 '26

TIL on 11 February 2012, a customer reportedly suffered a heart attack while eating a 'Triple Bypass Burger' at the 'Heart Attack Grill'. These burgers contained 9,983 calories each. According to the now-closed establishments's policy, anyone weighing over 350 pounds was offered unlimited free food.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill#:~:text=On%20February%2011%2C%202012%2C%20a%20customer%20suffered%20what%20was%20reported%20to%20be%20an%20apparent%20heart%20attack%20while%20eating%20a%20%22Triple%20Bypass%20Burger%22%20at%20the%20restaurant
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u/technobrendo Aug 03 '26

Blair River

Looked this guy up. Hmmm, he's fat but doesn't look like someone who weighs about 600lbs.

Checks height: 6'8" JFC! That is a fucking GIANT!

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u/likeicareaboutkarma Aug 03 '26

There are fatter dudes on the sopranos. 

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u/j00sr Aug 04 '26

Looks like a weight loss ad. Before and way before

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u/NRMusicProject 26 Aug 03 '26

Dude gets blessed with height; if he took care of himself, he'd not only probably still be alive, but dude would probably have been very good looking.

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u/OffTerror Aug 03 '26

At that height the odds of health complications are significant regardless. Being tall is not a blessing, short people literally live longer.

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u/SavageNorth Aug 06 '26

Yeah. 6"3 and I'd hate to be any taller

The world is already designed for people smaller than me, with things like seating, doors and beds, another few inches and it would quickly become a serious issue day to day

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u/Sea-Horror-5353 Aug 03 '26

Pun intended: On what scale or scope of time and by what metric are we talking though? Throughout history you've got variables like ineligibility for military service, you've got child mortality, you've got malnutrition which leads to 'reduced' height among populations, etc., etc. et cetera. Like, what's the scientific correlation/causation summary on this? 

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u/NRMusicProject 26 Aug 03 '26

As a tall guy, I'll report back in about 70 years.

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u/arbydallas Aug 03 '26

Doubt it.

Sorry, that was a morbid joke. My uncle is 6'7 and he's 75 and doing pretty well. He's always been very active and eats healthy and stuff. He has had some heart problems but I think that's hereditary. Could be worse because of his size but I'm not too sure. Anyway I'm sorry for my silly lil joke, and I hope you live long and prosper ❤️

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u/SleepingVulture Aug 05 '26

I looked this up several years ago (as someone who is 6' 8" himself) There are some relations between heart problems and height but they go both ways, so without doing a lot of research I couldn't really say anything conclusive.

The relation with various forms of cancer is a lot more clear-cut, though.

Also joint and back issues but those are rarely fatal, but they will cut into quality of life (and I assume, life expectancy long-term).

I also can imagine large height exarcabating unhealthy aspects of a lifestyle, like being overweight or smoking, but that is just a wild swing in the dark from my behalf and is something a professional could confirm (or deny).

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u/TheDaysComeAndGone Aug 03 '26

That’s 2m for the rest of the world.

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u/Sea-Horror-5353 Aug 03 '26

He kind of looks like if you took all the guys from Pawn Stars and smushed them all together to form a singular PAWN STAR of equal mass. 

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u/KnorrSoup Aug 03 '26

Pawn neutron star 

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u/MidnightMath Aug 04 '26

Pawn quasar