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An x-ray showing the pencil that was inside a German woman's head for 55 years. State-of-the-art technology finally allowed doctors to remove virtually the entire pencil (all but a fraction of an inch) without causing further damage.

The pencil was 3.15 inches long; the section that remains inside the woman's brain is .79 inches long.

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