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When Were Videotapes Invented
| The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake |  | Here's a portion of another old 1950s documentary - the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Photography was invented only a few decades before...
| | Helium Tattoo Dance |  | Ya we're two girls from the Canadian boonies that videotape their pointless lives. Can't be that bad if you watched it :)
Songs:
Blister in ...
| | UFO ABDUCTION WPAFB WORLD'S FIRST VIEW AREA B CRYPTS ALIEN |  | World's first on-base view of the secured area (Area B) of the historic Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in Dayton, Ohio. Video shows that info...
| | EXPLOSION #3 |  | This is the third archival release of excerpts from recovered pop music videos produced in the 1970s previously thought to have been lost forever. Mo...
| | Cold Steel Tanto Series (Fixed Blade Knives) |  | There isnt a person working in the knife industry today that knows more about the Tanto than Cold Steel does. It was, after all, Cold Steel who invent...
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They were must be nutsHere is a shortlist of sudden and unexpected violent deaths.
- Too much viagra killed the dictator
Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, died at his residence in Abuja of a heart attack, rumored to have been caused by the ingestion of large quantities of the drug VIAGRA as a prelude to an orgy. (1998)
- Killed and eaten by a classmate (trust but verify)
A 25-year-old Dutch woman studying in Paris, Renée Hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, Issei Sagawa, when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. The killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to Japan, where he was released from custody within fifteen months. (1981)
- The politician shot himself during a TV conference (worth seeing)
 R. Budd Dwyer, a Republican politician, committed suicide during a televised press conference. Facing a potential 55-year jail sentence for alleged involvement in a conspiracy, Dwyer shot himself in the head with a revolver. (1987)
- Teenager killed by a MiG-23 fighter jet (I suppose it is stupid to die such a way, but shit happens)
- A homeless man killed to collect his life insurance
Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they'd purchased. (1933)
- Apollo 1's deadly training exercise
A flash fire began in the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the unlaunched Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing its crew during a training exercise. (1967)
Christine Chubbuck, an American television news reporter committed suicide during a live broadcast on July 15th. At 9:38 AM, 8 minutes into her talk show, on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, she drew out a revolver and shot herself in the head. (1974)
funny images, funny articles, sudden violent deaths, black humour
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