In the newest episode of “Things Only Possible in China,” a factory worker had her ear ripped off by machinery, so doctors shrugged and said, “Guess we’ll park it on your foot for a bit.” For five glorious months she rocked the world’s worst ankle accessory—an entire ear growing on her instep like a fleshy flip-flop decoration—while wearing only the loosest shoes and speed-walking to keep circulation going. Surgeons spent 10 hours stitching blood vessels thinner than spider silk, and after 150 days of this absolute fashion nightmare, they finally moved the ear back home. Vincent van Gogh is somewhere nodding respectfully.
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