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Same reason people chew on their fingernails, toothpicks, or smoke, because they have an oral fixation.

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Q: Why do people eat pencils?
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Who makes those little metal rings at the bottom of pencils that hold the eraser to the bottom?

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What do people put in lead pencils?

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