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TIL of Jacklyn Lucas, a Marine who jumped on two grenades and survived. Joining at the age of 14, he buried the first grenade in the ash, laid on it, and then grabbed another one and buried it too. Despite having 250 pieces of shrapnel and 26 surgeries, he survived.

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