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At-Risk Survivor: Definitely Not Deadly
Spain | The warning stated, 'Ingestion of 20 grams is potentially lethal,' but a visitor to the Mycological Conference disagreed with the official assessment of Amanita Phalloides, commonly known as the death cap mushroom...
Relevance: 100% |
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2007 Darwin Award: The Alchemist
Russia | As a child, Sergei promised his grandmother,'I will establish for you the elixir of immortality!' As an adult, we find Sergei sitting in a classroom and licking cyanide off his palm...
Relevance: 35% |
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2006 Personal Account: Pennsic 35
Darwin at Pennsic Did I ever hear an earful! Last year, a knight fell 'dead' on the field, after a minor body blow. Come to find out, his appendix was removed last weekend, and he's still 'stapled shut' from surgery. Pl
Relevance: 35% |
5.7 KB |
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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...
Relevance: 33.7% |
6.7 KB |
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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: 33.7% |
6.7 KB |
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