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Woman has pencil removed from head
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8-8-2007 1:00 AM
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Leyna
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Wow-to have lived so long with an actual pencil in her head is amazing!
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8-23-2007
6:25 AM
tomaat9
I red it in the Belguim newspaper, it is really amazing!!
PS if u want it 2, you can have a look on my page!! thx
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