Medical professionals swallow Lego heads to test how long it takes to poop them out

Back in 2018, six health professionals were tasked by UK and Australian researchers to swallow and poop out the heads of Lego figures – and we imagine they were, quite literally, bricking it. The resurfaced study is even titled ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’, so you know they’re taking this issue very, very seriously. “Children frequently ingest coins (generally with minimal reported side effects); however, the ingestion of other items has been subject to less academic study. Parental …