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Doctors remove toothbrush from man's intestines that he swallowed 20 years ago

Li, 51, swallowed the toothbrush 20 years ago in prison.

A former prisoner who tried to kill himself 20 years ago by swallowing a toothbrush has finally had it removed from his small intestine.

The toothbrush was nearly unrecognisable and appeared to have completely blackened and the bristles had disintergrated.

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