▲ 516 ▼ TIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago* by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/til@lemmy.world 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/13/us/southern-practice-of-eating-dirt-shows-signs-of-waning.html
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago In clinic, this is called pica. Dirt is full of streptomyces species and spores. It's why dirt smells like dirt. Those species produce most of our antibiotics. permalink fedilink source parent
