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TIL that in the past, to treat an arrow wound cleanly, one would push the arrow through to the other side of the body

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oBOoR TIL, when disco died out, The Village People tried to remake themselves into a New Wave band. Their new album climbed no higher than 138 on the Billboard 200.
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