Man eats 40 chickens in 40 consecutive days, goes viral

A lot of people go viral for a variety of reasons.

They might have made a sweary gaffe on TV. Maybe they tricked a lot of people.

They may have eaten 40 chickens over the course of 40 days.

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Alexander Tominsky is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started documenting his goal of eating an entire chicken every day for 40 days.

Tominsky said that he started eating chicken because he thought it was the right thing to do. He really committed.

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The whole thing began to pick up steam because we probably don't need to post every single one of the photos.

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It snowballed in the last few days.

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He thought about 500 people would come to watch him eat the last chicken.

It was an ingredient missing from our reality that made it go viral. People find it to bring joy.

What is he going to do with his fame?

He said he would try to get Philabundance, an organization in Philadelphia, donations so they could help feed the hungry.