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TIL a man died after throwing a hand grenade at his ex-gf's house when she refused to reconcile. He first tried to stab her with scissors, but others intervened. He then threw the grenade, but it didn't explode until he picked it up to re-throw, which killed him & injured four. His ex was not harmed

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