He showed further signs of a perverted mind by classifying the animals of the menagerie according to the form of their excrement, of which he had a collection.

He died of indigestion following a meal of eight pounds of hot bread.
Percy saw the famous Tarrare, who died at Versailles, at about twenty-six years of age.

At seventeen he weighed 100 pounds.

He ate a quarter of beef in twenty-four hours.

He was fond of the most revolting things.