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1999 Urban Legend: Overkill I
In France, Jacques LeFevrier left nothing to chance when he decided to commit suicide. He stood atop a sheer cliff and tied a noose around his neck. He tied the other end of the rope to a large rock. He drank some poison and set fire to his clothes. He
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2008 Darwin Award: One Foot In The Pool...
Indonesia | Charles had just completed his studies at King William's College, and his dreams were ambitious. He planned retire by the age of 30. Unfortunately for Charles, his expensive education omitted an important lesson from the curriculum...
Relevance: 95.7% |
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2006 Darwin Award: Faithful Flotation
Gabon | During an impassioned sermon, a congregation was surprised to hear their 35-year old pastor insist that one could literally walk on water, if one had enough faith...
Relevance: 94.2% |
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2006 Personal Account: Hook, Line, and Sinker
Denmark | Exhilarated by the freedom a new license allowed, a young man borrowed a car from his uncle and took his cousin out for a spin. This particular winter was so cold that Ketting Bay froze over...
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Breathless
An experienced rescue diver was filming an underwater video of a wreck 44 meters below sea level. He was in deep water, 9 meters deeper than the recreational diving maximum, which warrants special training and extra safety considerations...
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2007 Darwin Award: A Prop-er Sendoff
Australia | When you work as a diver on a pearl farm, there are many ways to 'buy the farm.' The head diver, known as Sharky, was not afraid to take risks to get the job done. He was a loose gun in a company of cowboys...
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2001 Darwin Award: Snowmoboater
Almost from the time we climbed down from the trees to light the first fire, we have been developing new and creative ways to make our lives easier. Centuries ago, the hardy peoples of the Arctic found that sliding on
Relevance: 88.5% |
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2000 Darwin Award: Short & Sweet
'People injured or killed in the Michigan firearms deer season include a Bay City man shot in the leg while trying to photograph his dog holding a rifle, which accidentally went off.' 'Something strange is happening to t
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1999 Personal Account: North Pacific Deckpecker
Most sailors tales are legends, wearing truths disguise; just deep sea blue embroidery, and some are downright lies. But I'll tell you a true sea story, just
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2000 Personal Account: Round Lake Short Cut
While the story of the Dog and the Jeep may be a legend, it is almost certainly based on a true event or almost-event. I have had the dubious pleasure of living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are a number of individuals
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