What happens if you eat unpopped popcorn kernels?

I do this all the time (well, almost every time I eat popcorn? and personally it never affected me besides gaining a few pounds here and there.

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Obviously I chew on them before swallowing them. If I swallow them by themselves of course I'd die ;)
What happens if you eat unpopped popcorn kernels?
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