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From Revisionist History: The Starvation Experiment
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Is There Anything I Can Do for You, Sam?
The Great Starvation Experiment was conducted by Ansel Keys at the University of Minnesota. The men were put on starvation diets and forced to steal food from elderly women in order to survive. One man, Sam Leg, lost several fingers after getting his axe caught up in a tree while chopping wood. He says he doesn't know if he was mentally ill when he removed the fingers but thinks it was an accident.
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