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August 25, 2010

A 35-year-old man walked around for five years with a bullet lodged in the back of his head -- and only just had it removed. Robert Chojecki said he suspected for a while something was in his head, but only went to doctors recently, after he started getting headaches, reports UK's INT.

Robert Chojecki was partying on New Years Eve five years ago in the German town of Herne when he was hit with the .22-caliber bullet. Doctors removed it this week from between his skin and skull.

The Polish-born Chojecki told RTL television Wednesday "My first thought was as if I had banged my head against something or that I was hurt by a firecracker, a small firework. I did not notice it."

He said at first he had "no pain, but approximately one year ago I started to get a headache."

Police say the bullet may have been fired in celebration. Doctors say he should have no problems now that it has been removed.

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