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TIL of Wayne "Buck" Shelford, a NZ rugby player who lost four teeth and had a testicle pop out of his scrotum during a match against France. After asking the doctor to stitch him up he returned to the match where he later sustained a concussion. To this day he has no recollection of the events.

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