47 - William McKenna the "Human Ostrich"

The Fantastic History Of Food by Nick Charlie Key

Aug 31, 202314:35Society & Culture

For today's story we will be diving into the life of a truly extraordinary man named William V McKenna, and while he fits the category of “people who eat random things”, those things that he ate can’t really be classifie...

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