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Pencil pulled from man’s head 15 years after fall

An Afghan man unknowingly lived with a pencil in his head for 15 years, according to German doctors who helped crack the curious case.

The man, whose name has not been made public, said he suffered from headaches, colds and worsening vision for years before a scan revealed the 4-inch pencil in a series of cavities behind his right eye, the Associated Press reported.

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