Man swallows earphone - and it still works after emerging

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A man who accidentally swallowed an Apple AirPod earphone found it still worked after it passed through his digestive system. Activating his phone’s 'Find My AirPods’ feature to find the lost item, Ben Hsu realised the bleep was coming from his stomach. After taking laxative to speed its passage, he was thrilled to discover that the re-emerged earphone still worked. “The battery was still at 41%!” he said.

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