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Title |
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2006 Darwin Award: Footloose in the Footwell
Australia | Police wished to question Gareth, 38, in connection with a stabbing. But he evaded that unpleasant business by an accidental shot to the groin...
Relevance: 100% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Organ Donors
California | Two dirtbikes, two drivers, two passengers. Zero helmets, zero headlights, and a new moon...
Relevance: 98.6% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Shopping Cart Crash
Florida | Just because you see it online does not mean it's a good idea. Cameron, 18, was joyriding in a shopping cart as he held onto a moving SUV. An eyewitness said, 'It's irresponsible behavior, but what do you expect from kids?'
Relevance: 97.3% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Clotheslined!
Florida | A 37-year-old man tried to cross the Manasota Key drawbridge on his motorcycle. Wearing only swim trunks and sneakers, the man was seen racing at high speed towards the gap...
Relevance: 93.3% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Timing is Everything
Indiana | Russell, 19, had a grudge against a semi truck abandoned on a rural property. And Russell was a man of action. He built a gunpowder/propane tank bomb, attached a timer, and planted it in the truck...
Relevance: 91.9% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Best Supporting Actor
For several days Johannesburg office workers watched a demolition worker slowly chip away at a pillar supporting the concrete slab above him. One observer said, 'I wondered how they would drop that section.' T
Relevance: 91.9% |
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2006 Darwin Award: Sudden Stop
Wisconsin | A patrol officer came to speak to a Drivers' Education class about safety. Like all such officers, he came with several cautionary tales, and the irony of this one stayed with me...
Relevance: 90.6% |
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2000 Darwin Award: Testing Faith
A splinter group of Jehovah's Witnesses that tests their faith by standing in traffic, lost one of their members when she was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 55 while professing her beliefs to the passing motorists. It
Relevance: 89.3% |
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2008 Darwin Award: Merry Pranksters
The telephone company was replacing above-ground telephone lines with buried lines. One morning, local farmers reported a smashed-up pickup. Inside were two ranch hands last seen heading home after last call...
Relevance: 87.9% |
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2008 Darwin Award: A One Track Mind
July 2008, Italy | Gerhard Plattner, 68, was queued at a traffic light in his Porsche sportscar. Before one reaches the light, there is a railroad crossing. As you might imagine, given Murphy's law, a train was coming...
Relevance: 87.9% |
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