There Are Indeed Side Effects to Sword Swallowing
Sword swallowing is risky. That much should be obvious. But people manage to make a career out of putting blades down their throats, so, at some level of skill, swallowing a sword becomes calculated risk. A 2006 study in the British Medical Journal looked at exactly what dangers sword swallowers face—what the complications of sword swallowing might be and how to prevent them.
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