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A few weeks ago, Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon put the term "ring avulsion" into the national vocabulary after he got his wedding band caught on a table during a fall and nearly ripped his finger off. "A-v-u-l-s-i-o-n," Fallon instructed his 4 million viewers. "If you Google it … Well, it's graphic images, so don't Google it."

Taylor Holiday doesn't need to Google it—nor does he need avulsion explained to him. Those graphic photos? "We get sent them every day," he said.

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