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TIL that in 2003, metal singer Ronnie James Dio severed his thumb during a gardening accident when a heavy garden gnome fell onto it. Dio was concerned he would no longer be able to do his signature "devil's horns” hand gesture, but a doctor managed to re-attach it.

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