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Achilles was a hero in greek mythology and when he was a baby he was dipped into the river Styx and he was basically bullet proof but his heel hadn't been dipped into the water and that wasn't bullet proof and he died when a poisoned arrow hit him in his heel.

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Achilles, in Greek mythology, was a major player in the Trojan War. He was supposed to be unable to be harmed except for one of the heels of his feet because he was dipped in the River Styx.

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