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Woman eats nails…

Posted in News, Stupid by Chris at 8:50 am
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…and no I’m not refering to finger or toenails. A Vietnamese woman ate 119 nails and had to have them removed with surgery. Apparently she went to hospital months after the iron-rich meal, as most of the nails were rusty. The only unanswered question is… why?

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2 Responses to “Woman eats nails…”

  1. Zardoz says:

    Probably has something to do with this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_%28disorder%29

  2. ClaMs says:

    10x for the insight Zardoz

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