Facebook post: Surprise! X-ray found a nail in my brain, I'm in the ambulance now ...
Man shoots nail into brain without noticing (BBC)
A suburban Chicago man accidentally shot a 3.25in (8.25cm) nail into his skull but is recovering after doctors successfully removed it from the centre of his brain.
Dante Autullo, 34, was in his workshop when a nail gun recoiled near his head.
But he had no idea the nail had entered his brain until the next day, when he began feeling nauseous.
Doctors told Mr Autullo that the nail came within millimetres of the area used for motor function.
His fiancee, Gail Glaenzer, told the Associated Press on Friday that he was in good spirits after the two-hour surgery to remove the nail at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16663332
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Back in the 80's, I had to have knee surgery. I was in the x-ray department waiting my turn when I saw an x-ray up on the light box. It looked just like this, except the nail was straight down from the top of the head (I don't think it went that far in, though). I asked about it, and apparently a construction worker was following someone with a nail gun up a ladder. The first guy's hand twitched and the gun went off, with the nail going straight into the second guy's head. Because the air gun's shot was so direct, it went in straight and did no damage. The guy had it removed and was fine.
But OUCH!!!! 
