Metal-Eating Man

Over the course of 40 years, Frenchman Michel Lotito consumed nine tons of metal. In his youth, Lotito suffered from a mental disorder known as pica, a disorder in which people compulsively consume non-edible items such as plastic. Once Lotito began experimenting with more harmful items, such as glass, he learned that the thick lining of his intestines and stomach allowed him to eat almost anything.