If I'd blown the led by doing what I did, lesson learned. It didn't blow
That is a very crude and crass statement.
It seems you are not capable of actually learning anything. The fact that your LED still functions after a fashion is absolutely no vindication of your stupid actions. You have damaged that LED their is no doubt about that. But I suspect you are not able to realise this, you certainty don't have the test equipment to measure this damage.
So by your criteria any automobile accident that does not result in a fatally can be repeated with nothing needing to be learned.
Please grow up.