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TIL in 2013, 20 people were injured, with 7 sent to the hospital, after a promotional stunt by LG in Seoul went wrong. LG released 100 helium balloons, each with a free smartphone voucher for a phone that retailed at $851. Customers arrived with BB guns (to shoot the balloons) and knives on sticks.

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