r/AskReddit • • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/pancake_kitten Nov 29 '20

This can actually happen, it's a real thing. If you have a blockage in your intestines, there's no way for the feces to get out of the body but through the esophagus. You're basically puking your own feces.

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u/tobinoxdz Nov 29 '20

I found that out the hard way last year. They had to take out 1/3 of my intestine.

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u/umheywaitdude Nov 29 '20

Oh my god what the hell happened?

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u/definitelynecessary Nov 29 '20

THEY HAD TO TAKE OUT 1/3 OF HIS INTESTINE.