Why Do People Eat Dirt?

Why Do People Eat Dirt?

Geophagy is the worldwide phenomenon of people eating dirt. HowStuffWorks takes a look at this counterintuitive practice and why people do it..
It's called geophagy and it's a relatively common practice all over the world, but nobody's completely sure why.

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