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Male and female Darwin Award winners (Wikimedia Commons). Line H0 indicates expected percentages under the null hypothesis that males and females are equally idiotic. Some of the people shown in the the video below might qualify as candidates for the Darwin Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I post this link not just because some of these incidents are perfectly astonishing \u2014 thanks to John Walters for bringing them to my notice! \u2014 but for the sake of encouraging and inspiring others:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/172547052803759\/videos\/1090142394377549\/?pnref=story.unseen-section<\/a><\/p>\n

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If such people as these could avoid\u00a0death, at least a slight chance still exists that conservatives can escape the looming Trumpist takeover of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

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There. \u00a0I had to give this post some serious meaning, and now I\u2019ve done it.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 I post this link not just because some of these incidents are perfectly astonishing \u2014 thanks to John Walters for bringing them to my notice! \u2014 but for the sake of encouraging and inspiring others: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/172547052803759\/videos\/1090142394377549\/?pnref=story.unseen-section \u00a0 If such people as these could avoid\u00a0death, at least a slight chance still exists that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSome amazingly close escapes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    I post this link not just because some of these incidents are perfectly astonishing -- thanks to John Walters for bringing them to my\" \/>\n<meta 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