 Kaboom!
1999 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by Darwin
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(14 July 1999, Arkansas) A mobile home in Little Rock was destroyed when a resident used a cigarette lighter to peer inside a gasoline can. Joseph was attempting to determine whether there was water in the gas can, when he discovered that it contained a flammable liquid. The gas fumes caught
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fire, and he slung the can onto the floor, spattering gas which ignited and set the residence ablaze. Joseph suffered minor burns on his hand. Donna, the homeowner, and her son initially escaped the blaze, but Donna was severely burned when she went back inside to rescue a dog that did not survive.
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The Darwin Awards Gift Shop
Hardback. 327 pages. Autographed.
$15
185 Stories! In the ongoing saga of Survival of the Fittest, meet the
thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current! Marvel
at the would-be pilot who suspends his lawnchair from helium balloons!
Learn from the man who peers into a gas can using a cigarette lighter...!
This book also includes a History of the Darwin Awards,
Darwin Haiku, and a dozen humorous discussions of the implications of
evolution, including the origin of idiots, and the role of
testosterone.
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