Michel Lotito was a French entertainer renowned for his unusual diet, earning him the nickname "Monsieur Mangetout" (Mr. Eat-it-All). He was known to consume bicycles, TV sets, and other items made of metal and glass. Before this survey, were you aware of this Frenchman with a very unusual eating habit?

In a 1978 interview with Canadian newspaper The Leader-Post, the man with the seemingly iron stomach claimed to have eaten his first piece of glass in a swimming pool at the age of 16 before going on to eat "plates, nails, and bottles — all to win bets." He later carved out a career eating indigestible objects for others' amusement. Do you know that Lotito holds the record for the 'strangest diet' in the Guinness Book of Records? (He was awarded a brass plaque and he decided to eat his award)

On one occasion in 1978, Lotito ate 15 pounds of a bicycle over the course of 12 days for $5,000 (around $24,000 today), washing it down with 10 bottles of mineral oil and 100 razor blades on the side. To digest these materials, Lotito chopped the metal items into tiny pellets, stretched his meals out over multiple days, and drank plenty of water. Newspapers also reported on Lotito's ability to consume TV sets, and he once ate a whole waterbed to help promote a Texas-based furniture company. In spite of this very strange ability, do you appreciate that he could make a living out of it without harming himself?

Doctors determined that Lotito had an eating disorder known as pica, which is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive. He also had a thick lining in his stomach and intestines which allowed his consumption of sharp metal without suffering injury. Lotito died of natural causes at age 55 in 2006. Have you ever eaten or swallowed something non-nutritive accidentally or voluntarily when you were a child?