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Embarrassingly Dumb Ways People Died - Darwin Awards Winners (Part 2)

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Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Natural selection is Mother Nature’s way of making sure people get smarter, but even after 200,000 years of human evolution, some of us are still making really terrible choices. Let’s take a look at some of the most foolish examples that showcase some Darwin award winners.




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0:00.0

Natural selection is Mother Nature's way of making sure people get smarter.

0:05.0

But even after 200,000 years of human evolution, some of us are still making terrible choices.

0:13.0

Let's explore some of the most foolish examples now.

0:17.0

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

0:26.7

Have you ever fancied a dip in a hot spring? I know I have, especially when clothing is optional.

0:34.5

Maybe this was what Colin Scott was thinking when he straight off the trail at Yellowstone in 2016 to go swimming in one of its famous hot springs.

0:44.1

This activity is forbidden by park rules, but Colin, a former nature reserve volunteer, thought he knew better.

0:51.7

That is, until he slipped into the Norris Geyser Basin, a thermal

0:56.1

bath of boiling acidic water with below surface temperatures of up to 459 degrees. I've heard that

1:03.3

some like it hot, but that's just ridiculous. Sadly for Colin, the only remains found were his

1:09.2

wallet and flip flops.

1:11.6

Now, if there's one thing I know about safe, it's that they're heavy.

1:15.4

I guess someone should have told this hapless burglar from Indiana, who broke into a man's garage

1:20.7

and tried to lift an antique 900-pound safe suspended on a floor jack. When the homeowner returned

1:27.0

to check his garage, he found

1:28.6

the unlucky thief crushed by it. The owner of the safe said that stealing the safe would have

1:33.7

been pointless because it was empty. Crushed by an empty safe, I'm sure there's a lesson here somewhere,

1:40.9

and I think it's safe to say, this burglar learned it.

1:44.8

There are few things more satisfying than when bullies get what they deserve, especially big ones.

1:51.8

Cambodian military policeman Kim Sikorn, nicknamed Big Giant, got exactly that when he tried to extort money and

1:59.3

narcotics from a local dealer.

2:01.6

To scare the dealer, Kim pulled a pin from a grenade.

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