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2008 Darwin Award: An Illuminating Story
A 71-year-old pensioner met a shocking end when his sneaky attempt to illuminate his garden shed with power siphoned from the National Grid backfired spectacularly...
Relevance: 100% |
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At-Risk Survivor: Stormwater Surfer
Australia | A 25-year-old Brisbane man came frightfully close to literally sucking himself down the drain of the gene pool. When flash floods turned Brisbane streets into raging rivers, he thought it would be fun to catch a wave on his surfboard...
Relevance: 100% |
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2009 Darwin Award: Wetting The Bed
Thirty-year-old Devan LeAnn of Shongaloo, Louisiana, was visiting Lake Ehrling with a male friend. Recent bouts of heavy rain had resulted in a flood of runoff water, and they decided 'it would be fun' to take a mat
Relevance: 98.6% |
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2006 Darwin Award: Copper Kite String
Belize | Benjamin Franklin reputedly flew his kite in a lightning storm, and discovered that lightning equals electricity. However, certain precautions must be taken to avoid sudden electrocution...
Relevance: 98.6% |
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2008 At-Risk Survivor: Riders on the Storm
August 2008, Florida | A kite-boarder who went for a wild ride on the winds of Tropical Storm Fay is in critical condition at Broward General Medical Center. A witness said it was a miracle he didn't get hit by a car...
Relevance: 97.2% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Sky Surfer
Storm winds swept across southern Spain, causing widespread flooding and damage to buildings along the Costa Blanca. 'Cool,' thought one intrepid kite surfer as he packed his gear and hit the beach. The comic c
Relevance: 93% |
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2010 Darwin Award: Glacier Erasure
Another account from the archives of a 30-year ER MD. In the late fall and early winter months, snow-covered mountains become infested with hunters. One ambitious pair climbed high up a mountain in search of their q
Relevance: 91.6% |
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1998 At-Risk Survivor: Cooking with Gas
The good news as Hurricane Bob bore down on the Atlantic coast was that everybody in Gary's office was sent home early to prepare for the storm. And Gary was well prepared. No matter how bad the devastation, he wou
Relevance: 90.2% |
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2007 Darwin Award: Stop. Look. Listen.
Florida | A woman wins two concert tickets from a local radio station. The Dave Matthews Band, live! She can't believe her luck. She invites her friend to join her, but they are in for more than a concert experience...
Relevance: 87.4% |
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2010 At-Risk Survivor: Medieval Mayhem
Every summer, the Society for Creative Anachronism holds a two-week-long 'war' in rural Pennsylvania. The event attracts over 10,000 attendees so there's bound to be some potential Darwin Award winners running around...
Relevance: 87.4% |
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