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TIL David Lunt was shot through the skull and brain by a revolver and not only lived after the shot, but also felt no pain from it. He died 67 days later and his autopsy revealed that the gunshot was what killed him. Coroners still don’t know how Lunt survived for so long and felt no pain.

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