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Meet 80-year-old woman who eats sand and gravel for good health

Kusma Vati has been eating sand since she was 15 years old (Photo: Courtesy-Caster News)

An 80-year-old woman in India stunned the world when she admitted that she has been eating sand and gravel for the last 65 years.

Kusma Vati from Varanasi, India, first ate sand to ease an upset stomach. She was 15 at the time. Since then, sand and gravel have become a part of her diet.

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