Sometimes it really does seem like the world is getting dumber.

That may be partly because our incredible social systems of medicine, community, and welfare

have effectively wiped out natural selection for us humans.

But every once in a while, someone worthy of a Darwin Award removes themselves from the gene pool,

like a deer with a pension for highway jogging.

Join me now as I share some of the most mind-bogglingly dumb ways people have died.

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

In May 2019, a car chase left a criminal in a tough spot.

The Brooklyn man was wanted for a carjacking when he made his first dumb move,

crashing into a police car, triggering a high-speed chase.

His second and most lasting mistake came after the pursuit left him trapped between multiple pursuing police cars on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Rather than hand himself over, he went with the Grand Theft Auto method.

He assumed that jumping over the railing down to the ground below would allow him to

escape with little more than a scratch or two.

So over he went, and while he did indeed get away, he did so in a body bag.

There are many embarrassing ways to die, but falling victim to the wrath of a root vegetable has to be near the top.

Went out on a hunting trip in 1881, British politician Sir William Payne Galway entered the annals of

ridiculous history when he slipped and fell onto a turnip. The turnip, probably renowned by his

fellow turnips as a violent brute, caused severe internal injuries to the politician, and he died

that day, age 74.

Turns out vegetables aren't so good for you, after all.

Next up, I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than a breath-holding contest,

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