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Knife falls from sky into Chinese man's head
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A five-inch kitchen knife falls from the sky and enters the head of 57-year-old man in Sichuan province
But it was only when the local tobacconist stared at him, slack-jawed, and pointed to the top of his skull that he realised that something was amiss. As Mr Xiao was passing underneath a high-rise apartment block, a five-inch kitchen knife had fallen from an eighth-floor balcony, embedding itself up its hilt in the left side of his head, but without piercing his skull. As soon as the problem had been pointed out, pain washed over Mr Xiao and he sat down in the street, while someone called an ambulance. "It was terrifying to see," said his younger sister, who only identified herself as Miss Xiao. "The knife handle was sticking out of the top."
On Monday, Mr Xiao was still being treated in his local intensive care unit, where the knife has now been pulled out. "He is stable but is not fully out of danger yet," his sister said. "He cannot use the phone yet in case it has an effect on his condition." The owner of the knife, a man named only as Mr Wu, said he had left the knife in a flowerpot on the balcony, never thinking that it might drop. "They told the police that the wind must have blown it off. They have already come to visit my brother in the hospital and have paid some of his medical bills," Miss Xiao said. "I only hope he can get better soon," she added. In 2011, doctors removed a rusty four-inch blade from the jaw of another Chinese man, 37-year-old Li Fuyan, who had been carrying it around for four years since being stabbed during a robbery. Last year, meanwhile, a man in Yanji, Jilin province, arrived at hospital with a ten-inch knife sticking out the side of his head. Asked what had happened, he merely said: "It is like this: I was playing a silly game with my friend and it went wrong. It could have happened to anybody." Accidents Related Content 7 Ways to Promote Your YouTube Channel If you have decided to create a YouTube channel, you need to find the best ways to promote it. After all, if it is not being promoted, people aren’t going to know about it, and you will be simply wasting your time because you won’t be making any money. The real reason why teenagers smoke is not addiction, it’s weight loss Shunning popular beliefs that people smoke cigarettes because they’re addicted to the nicotine, a recent study shows that among teens who are frequent smokers, 46% of girls and 30%of boys smoke to control their weight. HOW TO BUILD MUSCLE AND STRENGTH WITHOUT LIFTING WEIGHTS Give yourself a break from all the heavy lifting and reap the muscle-building benefits of bodyweight exercise. Who lives longest: meat eaters or vegetarians? Our ability to live a long life is influenced by a combination of our genes and our environment. In studies that involve identical twins, scientists have estimated that no more than 30% of this influence comes from our genes, meaning that the largest group of factors that control how long a person lives is their environment. How to Relieve Stress Through Music Did you know there are simple, easy ways to tackle your stress – without spending a fortune? One of the best ways to relieve stress is through music; and we’ve got the science to back it up. |
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