fullerenes

Feb. 2, 2011 at 8:03pm with 44 notes

Reblogged from fuckyeahfacts

science

Man survives 70 years without food or water

Hey, this is pretty neat.

The Indian Military are currently studying a man who has apparently survived for the past 70 years without consuming any food or water.

Doctors confirmed at a press conference (in the link) that the man had been in the hospital for 108 hours without eating or drinking. The 82 year old man says that he hasn’t ate or drank since the age of 11.

Research into how this man has survived can lead to incredible biological developments that, for example, could be used in sending astronauts to the edge of the solar system - Last I heard it cost NASA $10,000 in fuel for every gram in weight sent to the moon, imagine how much more cost effective it would be if they didn’t have a food budget to sustain astronauts for however many years it takes them to get to Pluto.

I’m usually sceptical about stories like that, but
The BBC told me so

Just to add, this man claims to derive energy through meditation. That’s pretty awesome!