The Jaya of Singapore, to celebrate each birthday, hangs another lemon, the symbol of the Hindu god Subramanya, on hooks embedded in his skin. Yet the wounds never bleed. Colonel James Gardiner of Scotland received a strange wound in the Battle of Ramillies on May 23, 1706. While shouting commands, he had a bullet pass through his open mouth without injuring his teeth, his tongue, gums, or palate. In fact, it virtually did no damage at all. The slug passed out the back of his neck, leaving a hole that remained open until he died. The colonel died of other wounds in the Battle of Prestopans 39 years later. Believe It or Not!
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