Accidents
Life (Death) Hack
British lady tried out a life hack she read about on Facebook with unfortunate results.The suggestion was to lay the toaster on its side to make cheese on toast instead of grilling it. The idea back fired nearly destroying her kitchen before fire fighters arrived to put out the blaze. Life Hack: Using a toaster on its side to make cheese toast. Result: Epic Fail!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 23, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Food
Flying Cows
When I started researching my latest about.com article, I figured that most of the alleged cases of people hit by flying cows were probably urban legends. But now I've concluded that, although there is one famous flying-cow urban legend (involving a Japanese fishing boat being sunk by a cow falling out of the sky), people actually do get hit by flying cows pretty regularly.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 19, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Cows, Alex
The Hambone Award
The Hambone Award was named after a "dog that got stuck in a refrigerator and ate an entire Thanksgiving ham while waiting for someone to find him."
The most recent winner is Curtis, a 5-year-old Boxer, who ate an entire BBQ skewer during a birthday party. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors couldn't find the skewer. It was only a year later, when he was taken back to the doctor because he still wasn't feeling well, that surgeons found the skewer, which had become a "baseball-sized mass" encapsulated by the body, located between the dog's stomach and pancreas.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 16, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests
SPIDERWOMAN
Mom of the year saw a spider on her shoulder so she jumped out of her moving car (yes she was driving) with her 9 year old son in the back seat. The boy climbed over the seat and tried to get the vehicle stopped. Unfortunately he hit the gas by mistake and rammed a school bus.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 21, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Insects and Spiders, Can’t Possibly Be True
Kite Boarding
Also known as kite surfing Is a popular if dangerous sport. It combines surfing with getting blown around while flying a kite. The main problem with it, as far as I can see, is not so much the flying/surfing as it is the starting and stopping. Another place for Darwin-esque culling of the herd to take place.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 05, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Fads, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Recreation
Third Time’s A Charm
Trucker hits 3, count 'em, 3 overpasses with the crane he's hauling before he stops. I guess 2 wasn't enough and 4 would have been overkill.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 24, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups
Smoking Is Deadly
If you are going to haul gun powder around on the front seat of your car then perhaps DON'T light a cigarette. Or better yet, don't haul gun powder around at all. Darwin Award averted for now.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 14, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Explosives
Giant Ice Cube with Man Inside
This has been a rough winter here in the Northeast, but I don't think we've had an instance yet like this one from 1906.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 05, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, Nature, 1900s
Distracted Driving
People do crazy things while driving; texting, putting on makeup, even reading. But pulling a tooth, that's a new one and while driving a big rig as well. Of course he wrecked or it wouldn't be news would it?
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 30, 2015 -
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Category: Accidents, Teeth, Trucks
Road Salt Bad For Cars
Bet Mortons is feeling pretty salty now!
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 31, 2014 -
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Category: Accidents, Architecture
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