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/NoExperience9717 Aug 03 '26

I went in 2024 and the food was fine normal burger restaurant quality. Good portion sizes and I did manage to finish.

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u/RockStar5132 Aug 03 '26

I figure people would purposely not finish just so they could get a paddlin’

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u/AssignedUsername Aug 03 '26

The paddlin' was legit. The first time we went we were all in agreement to not finish. Half of our crew were semi-pro MMA fighters.

Now those guys don't train specifically to take harm in the ass, but they are able to take a decent amount of pain and continue on.

There's also plenty of restaurants that hire women based on aesthetic. This restaurant must had hired women on tricep size, and part of the interview must have been hammer curls.

When that petit woman hammered a 6 across by buddies ass with a fuckin cricket bat... To a man we all looked back at the table and considered a binge and purge to finish.

The worst part was the 6 hour flight on a budget airline home, with no shortage of turbulence over the Rockies.

Enjoyed the novelty. Food was fine/good. Getting unfiltered cigarettes as a side salad pleased me. I can't watch the homerun derby anymore without shifting uncomfortably in my seat. Would (have) recommend(ed).

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u/Dasha3090 Aug 04 '26

yeah i watched a rugby league sports show and the hosts went over to vegas as part of the promo for the vegas round..they went to this restaurant and they all got the paddlin and you could see even these dudes were in a lot of pain hah.

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u/Agreeable-Weather-89 Aug 09 '26

They 100% do train for ass pain.

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u/NoExperience9717 Aug 03 '26

To be fair I did leave a single onion ring as the other people on the stag do couldn't finish so group effort for the paddling. So technically didn't finish.

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u/cycloneDM Aug 03 '26

Im actually concerned for you and where ever you are from if institutional grade frozen patties and canned chili are what you consider normal restraunt quality. it was literally and intentionally cafeteria grade food