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TIL the TV western series "Gunsmoke" ran for 20 years, from 1955 to 1975. During that time it's lead character, Marshal Matt Dillon, managed to survive being shot 56 times, knocked unconscious 29 times, stabbed on three occasions, and poisoned once.

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