A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported on Monday.

Woman has pencil in head for 55yrs Pencil (SP) By Mirror.co.uk 00:00, 7 Aug 2007 Updated 04:02, 29 Jan 2012 ...

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