Remarkable historical cases of survival without food
                                
                                
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                                In 1965, Scottish man Angus Barbieri undertook a medically supervised fast, surviving 382 days without solid food and setting a Guinness World Record. His extraordinary feat is among the most well-known historical cases of survival without food, demonstrating the incredible resilience of the human body under extreme deprivation.