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06-25-2012 , 04:53 PM

#1901

Daer

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelono...igra_abingdoni

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Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni, commonly known as the Pinta Island tortoise,[1] Pinta giant tortoise,[2] Abingdon Island tortoise,[3] or Abingdon Island giant tortoise[2] is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island,[4] believed to have become extinct in June 2012.

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The last known individual of the subspecies was a male named Lonesome George[6] (Spanish: El Solitario Jorge/George),[7] who died on 24 June 2012.[8][7][9] In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world.

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06-25-2012 , 05:04 PM

#1902

schu_22

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H. Ross Perot, lmfao

Blue

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06-25-2012 , 08:11 PM

#1903

Extreme Ways

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I just won't post, for me it's interesting, but I am sorry I dissapointed and that I should of written something about it.

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06-26-2012 , 03:14 PM

#1904

sokiraJ

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_toilet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Absorbency_Garment

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A Maximum Absorbency Garment (MAG) is a piece of clothing NASA astronauts wear during liftoff, landing, and extra-vehicular activity (EVA) to absorb urine and feces.

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06-26-2012 , 04:54 PM

#1905

Paul McSwizzle

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Originally Posted by Extreme Ways

I just won't post, for me it's interesting, but I am sorry I dissapointed and that I should of written something about it.

I thought the one on the Greek anti-Socrates was pretty cool

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06-26-2012 , 06:02 PM

#1906

Dominic

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Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 75,372

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Originally Posted by timtowdi

1000 ways to die

I'm calling BS on some of these:

A woman suffers from SUNDS (Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome), and dies in her sleep from cardiac arrhythmia, brought on by an intense nightmare she could not wake up from.

If she's dead, how would they know she had a nightmare?

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06-26-2012 , 06:06 PM

#1907

TheRempel

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1000 Ways to Die is almost all bull****. I got the first season on iTunes on sale a few years ago and the 'deaths' were often ridiculous and they obviously don't cite anything to prove they actually happened.

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06-26-2012 , 08:48 PM

#1908

PlsFold

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory

The related catastrophe hypothesis holds that this event plunged the planet into a 6-to-10-year volcanic winter and possibly an additional 1,000-year cooling episode. This change in temperature resulted in the world's human population being reduced to 10,000 or even a mere 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck in human evolution.

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06-26-2012 , 09:29 PM

#1909

JudgeHoldem

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Originally Posted by PlsFold

if this happened in modern society (by that I mean like anything after now...) wow. i'm sure many more would survive but the chaos would be so fn unreal

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06-26-2012 , 10:08 PM

#1910

fezjones

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Originally Posted by TheRempel

agree this show is aids. i first heard about this show when fans were claiming that the stories were real. So i watched an episode and every death was fiction. This show has been ruined by its fans imo, and the producers who dont do enough to convey a fictional narrative.

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06-27-2012 , 01:40 AM

#1911

Cotton Hill

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Last episode I saw the one about the guy who went to the movie theater and felt a sharp pain when he sat down and in the back of the chair was a hypodermic needle and a note that said "Welcome to the world of AIDS" and 2 years later he was dead of AIDS.

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Alright they haven't broadcast that one yet, but I think I'll submit it.

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06-27-2012 , 01:53 AM

#1912

NoahSD

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Originally Posted by timtowdi

1000 ways to die

Wow. Interesting topic, but I've never seen a Wikipedia article that was this poorly edited. It reads like some 12-year-old boy who thought the show was awesome sat down and wrote it in one sitting.

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06-27-2012 , 02:09 AM

#1913

professormike

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Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

more creative than most of the ones they come up with

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06-27-2012 , 06:43 AM

#1914

hyachachacha

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Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

I heard about this years ago, but the story was a bit different—and I believe that further impugns its authenticity. I remember hearing that someone was putting thumbtacks dabbled with blood on the handsets of payphones so that people would prick themselves, and these also had a note to the effect of "Welcome to the world of AIDS." I remember hearing that no one was actually infected by them because the virus cannot survive for long outside the body, on a thumbtack or in a syringe, for example.

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06-27-2012 , 11:26 AM

#1915

Cotton Hill

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It was kind of a joke, it was a popular urban legend a few years ago and like most urban legends was just completely made up.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp

It appears that's the type of thing they run on that show now.

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06-27-2012 , 01:05 PM

#1916

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Lesbocution: After being involved in a series of bad relationships, a woman decides to become a lesbian. While going home to have sex with a female friend to celebrate her coming out, the woman takes off her high heels and steps barefoot into a puddle with a live wire in it and is electrocuted.

Lots of relevant and credible information.

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06-27-2012 , 02:14 PM

#1917

MrEleganza

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Originally Posted by lonely_but_rich

Lots of relevant and credible information.

Indeed. I used to be pro-gay but this story is proof that it's an abominable sin.

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06-27-2012 , 02:19 PM

#1918

Cotton Hill

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Originally Posted by lonely_but_rich

Lots of relevant and credible information.

LOL, what does the whole lesbian angle even have to do with anything, it's like you can make up whatever salicious backstory you want and tack it onto a regular death and make the show.

"Guy got a promotion at work, decided to get a dozen hot strippers to come over to his house, all of which had huge boobs, he partied all night with them. The next morning he got into a car accident a died."

ZOMG AMAZING DEATH STORY!

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06-28-2012 , 02:45 AM

#1919

Phresh

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Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

That's actually true. I know this one super crazy prisoner who did this to a fellow locked up Mafia boss. He pretended to be a good guy long enough to get transferred to the AIDS ward where he took a syringe full of a junkies blood who had AIDS. Then he pricked the Mafia boss' shoulder with the needle and that's all she wrote. True story.

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07-01-2012 , 10:47 AM

#1920

JudgeHoldem

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Originally Posted by Phresh

Thats how antonio nappa died on Oz

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07-03-2012 , 11:52 AM

#1921

SooperFish24

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Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The most feared military unit of the Napoleonic Era. In a way an early version of Todays Special Forces.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperia...d_(Napoleon_I)

The "Old Guard", basically the Elite of the Elite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Guard

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07-04-2012 , 05:48 PM

#1922

Riverdinho

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Great thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Worth

Adam Worth (1844–January 8, 1902) was an American criminal. Scotland Yard detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world", and he is commonly referred to as "the Napoleon of Crime."

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07-05-2012 , 05:57 AM

#1923

Josem

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,249

Is a way to easily save all the wikipedia articles mentioned in this thread for reading offline on your mobile phone for when you are stuck on a plane/queue/bathroom/etc.?

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07-05-2012 , 05:07 PM

#1924

jws43yale

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For iPhones and iPads you can use Instapaper.

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07-08-2012 , 02:24 PM

#1925

JudgeHoldem

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Operation Snow White - Scientologist attempted (takeover is a bit strong of a word - let's go with infiltration) of the US Government

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

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