#7: World’s Heaviest Man
There is no denying that people have always loved to see different spectacles of things for entertainment. Whether it was a person, an animal, or even some sort of magic trick, complete industries were created in order to showcase all of the unbelievable things people couldn’t necessarily see from their own homes.

Just before the new millennium in 1899, this man, Gay Jewel, was considered to be the “world’s heaviest man” and was showcased accordingly to the public. Sure, he seems like a rather heavy fellow, but he would have nothing on the types of people that exist in the world today.