12-year-old undergoes surgery after swallowing 54 magnets for ‘experiment’

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A 12-year-old boy underwent a life-saving operation after swallowing 54 toy magnets to see if this would render him magnetic.

Rhiley Morrison, of Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom, swallowed the magnetic balls on two separate occasions for his “experiment,” as per The Daily Mail on Feb. 8.

Aside from testing to see if metals would stick to his stomach, it was noted that Morrison also wanted to see what the magnets would look like once he defecated.

After four days passed without him releasing the magnetic balls, Morrison told his mother, Paige Ward, that he “accidentally” swallowed only two balls, the report said.

His mother and doctors were then baffled to find ou…

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