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(From the archives of a 30-year ER MD) In the late fall, snow-covered mountains become infested with hunters. One ambitious pair climbed high up a mountain in search of their quarry. The trail crossed a small glacier that had crusted over...
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February 2009, UK | A woman in her 40's was following a coastal footpath along the top of a cliff in Devon. Fencing was in place to protect people from falling to their deaths, but this protective fencing was no match for a feather...
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Historic Darwin Award: The career of singer Claude Francois can be compared to that of Elvis Presley. One evening, he returned to his Paris apartment from a busy touring schedule, and ran a bath...
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Darwin Award: 59-year-old Brent S. found a stash of dynamite in a shed on his ranch three miles south of the ATK Thiokol testing area, where booster rockets for the space shuttle are designed. The dynamite was NOT an old, nitroglycerine-sweating pile of unstableness. This stash of flash was something he felt he could deal with on his own...
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At-Risk Survivor: Ever since reading the 'Zombie Survival Guide' by Max Brooks, Bub is convinced that the undead will one day rise up. While trying to convince me of the impending apocalypse, Bub cited two facts that I found to be in error. 1) the human skull is one of the hardest surfaces in nature. 2) a medieval mace lacks the stopping power to crush that skull.
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At-Risk Survivor: The Terrible Teakettle Incident. Sunday morning I went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, put the kettle on, prepared the cups, and whilst waiting for the boil, I thought I'd fill my lighter...
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At-Risk Survivor: The Burlington Free Press reported that a man with a suspended driver's license was caught pulling a sled behind his vehicle along Interstate 89 an hour after midnight. The driver was preparing to swap places...
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