Today, I'm going to tell you two stories about people who wanted to do something very impressive,

and came up with a pretty ambitious plan to do it. But they overlooked one crucial detail

that became the difference between life and death. But before we get into today's story,

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Okay, let's get into our first story, which is called Birthday Surprise. On the night of August 25, 2011, a 23-year-old woman named Risa Demura, along with her husband, Hiroki-Dimura, were sitting

on their couch in their apartment in Kanazawa City, Japan, watching TV.

And as they sat there, they both found themselves laughing hysterically at the screen.

They were watching their favorite show.

It was this hidden camera comedy prank show, and this was like the highlight of their day, sitting here together on the couch and just laughing their show. It was this hidden camera comedy prank show, and this was like the highlight of their day,

sitting here together on the couch and just laughing their heads off. Risa and Heroki had been

married for just four months, and so they were still very much living in that newlywed bliss period,

where they basically spent every second they could together. When Heroki wasn't working,

the two of them would go out to eat, they would go to the movies together or take trips to the beach, since Kanazawa City was

right on the coast. And whenever they were out, they were always talking about how lucky they felt,

that they had found each other and that they were married and that the rest of their lives were going to

look like this.

Like, how lucky were they?

Risa and Hiroki had actually met when they were young kids in middle school.

But Hiroki was very shy and really didn't speak to Risa at all at the time.

But then later, as adults, after college, they ran into each other.

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