CUTTING OPEN YOUR VITAL ORGANS SHOULD BE LEFT TO TRAINED PROFESSIONALS

We probably didn’t need a medical study to tell us that sword swallowing is a dangerous hobby but we’ve got one anyway. Radiologist Brian Witcombe joined forces with the executive director of the Sword Swallower’s Association International (SSAI) to carry out the world’s first survey of the job-related dangers of sword swallowers. Not surprisingly there were no shortage of injuries, mostly caused by “distractions” to the sword swallower, resulting in various bloody messes in the throat, lung and heart areas. By the way, if you were thinking of joining the SSAI, be advised that they only recognize "those who can swallow a non-retractable, solid steel blade at least two centimetres wide and 38 centimetres long." Good luck! (CollisionDetection.net)