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Every time Jerry Douthett puts on a pair of socks he will be reminded of the time Kiko, his Jack Russel terrier, saved his life. Douthett, a musician, had been carrying a foot infection for a while, and had been keeping it a secret. He explained: It smelled, and...
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A 32-year-old Swedish man stitched his own leg wound after apparently becoming tired of waiting more than an hour for treatment. The Sundsvall man, who said he cut his leg on the edge of a kitchen stove while performing home renovations, told The Local that hospital staff reported him...
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A family fishing trip went unexpectedly badly for 14-year-old Kora Wira when a 42-inch barracuda jumped into their boat and bit her on the arm. Dad promptly dispatched the fish with a filleting knife, staunched the flow of blood on his daughter’s arm with a Red Sox shirt and...
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The fourth day of the Sanfermin bullfights proved eventful for Madrid bullfighter “El Cid” when Garboso’s horns found matador, twice. The first goring produced a 10-centimeter wound to the man’s thigh; the second also caught thigh – and scrotum. Considering that “El Cid” was able to walk from the...
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A Talladega man admitted himself to hospital after suffering burns to more than 90% of his body in an Alabama Power substation early Friday morning. Police Chief Alan Watson speculated that Willie Eugene Lewis scaled the fence around 2 a.m. Friday and began climbing onto some equipment and holding...
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Two 34-year-old men from Victoria, Australia found themselves in need of medical attention after they decided to test whether being shot with an air rifle would hurt. Both men required surgery to remove slugs from their buttocks after an afternoon on the beers took a turn for the worse....
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A British man was lucky not to lose a testicle when a genital waxing stunt at a local pub went badly wrong. Twenty-four-year-old Joe Cooper is currently recuperating in hospital after letting his friends give him a “male Brazilian” in a charity fundraiser at the The Trees pub. While...
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The Seattle Times reports that a man was rushed to hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the testicles in a Lynnwood department store. Police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions explained that the man was severely injured after a handgun in his waistband accidentally discharged, wounding him in the leg, foot and...
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Two 19-year-old men have some explaining to do after one of them was bitten by a venomous snake that they admitted to stealing from a nature center. Travis Stotts and Dennis Watson of Clarksville, Indiana are expected to be arrested after they admitted entering O’Bannon Woods State Park Nature...
