Get an exclusive Surfshark deal! Enter promo code ENIQMA for an extra 3 months free at In the 1940s, during World War II, a group of healthy men underwent the ultimate hunger test as part of a study conducted at the University of Minnesota. The aim was to understand the extensive effects of severe starvation and, most importantly, how to recover from it. Surprisingly, the most challenging aspect of the study was not the period of starvation but the subsequent refeeding phase. Throughout the ordeal, they became utterly fixated on food to the point where it consumed their every thought. Some even descended into insanity, and one volunteer even harmed himself because he could no longer bear it. All of this was done in the name of aiding the millions of people who unwillingly starved during the war. Credit: - Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Artist:
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