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Bama wrote:During the 1912 Olympics, a Japanese athlete abandoned the marathon but failed to notify race officials. They considered him missing until 1967, when they found out he was alive, making his final time at 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, and 8:32:20.3.
Did he get recognition for his spectacular achievement? Is his middle name "Kame"?
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The Browns are +5 in takeaways today. Since the Browns returned to the NFL, teams with a turnover margin of +5 or better in a game are 132-4-1. The Browns are responsible for two of those losses and the tie.
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Interceptions on back-to-back plays in the Dolphins game, occurring two hours apart
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Forget about the monsters under the bed, it’s the mammals on the roof you should watch out for. Joao Maria de Souza died in 2013 in his bed in Brazil after a cow escaped from his neighbour’s field. The cow walked down a hill onto Mr. de Souza’s roof and fell through it onto the sleeping man.
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Director Boris Sagal died while directing the television mini-series World War III when he walked into the rotor blade of a helicopter on the set and was decapitated.
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The family curse rumour gained more traction when Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee, was shot and killed at age 28 with a prop gun during the filming of the movie The Crow. The gun had been loaded with a bullet in the previous scene but without primer or gun powder, as it wasn’t actually fired. The next scene called for Brandon Lee to be shot at by another actor. Unnoticed by the crew, the bullet was lodged in the barrel and was fired when primer and gun powder were added to the gun for the shooting scene. Sadly, the cast and crew did not immediately recognize what had happened and thought Brandon Lee was still acting. The movie was eventually released posthumously with the help of stunt actors and special effects.
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Former 19th century U.S. representative Clement Vallandigham lead a colorful life that included being convicted of treason and banished to the confederacy during the civil war while his supporters nominated him for the governorship in Ohio in defiance of the Union. He continued his colorful approach in his private legal practice when he played out an elaborate demonstration attempting to prove that a murder victim could have accidentally shot himself. Unfortunately for Vallandigham, the gun he used in the demonstration was loaded and he died twelve hours later. Fortunately for his client, the demonstration was convincing, and he walked out of the courtroom a free man.



Another lawyer, over a century later, attempted to show a group of peers and subordinates just how shatterproof the glass window in his 24th
floor office really was by flinging himself against it. The first time, nothing happened,, but wanting to ensure he convinced his audience, Garry Hoy, threw himself against it one more time. The glass didn’t shatter just as he had predicted, however it did pop out of its frame and Hoy fell to his death.
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Tailor and inventor Franz Reichelt fell to his death in 1912 from the top of the Eiffel Tower while testing out his new invention, a parachute that doubled as a coat. Reichelt had convinced security that he would using a dummy for his test.
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Timothy Treadwell, a naturalist and documentary filmmaker, lived among the coastal grizzlies in Alaska’s isolated Katmai National Park for thirteen seasons in an attempt to promote understanding and protection of the bears. In 2003, during the thirteenth season, Treadwell and his girlfriend were killed and eaten by one or perhaps two grizzlies. An audio recording of the attack survived to tell the story.
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In 1980, the mayor of Betterton, Maryland died when she drowned in the town’s sewage tank. Monica Meyer was doing her own tests on her town’s sewage tanks when she fell in. There would have been no chance to escape according to officials, who said the human waste would have behaved just like quicksand.
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Captured by the Persians during their attack on the Roman Emperor Valerian in 260AD, a Christian deacon was roasted alive on a giant grill. The brave deacon supposedly taunted the Persians shouting, “Turn me over – I’m done on this side.” He is now Saint Lawrence, the patron saint of comedians, cooks and firefighters.
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In 1982, Carl McCunn paid a bush pilot to bring him to a lake in a remote part of Alaska to photograph wildlife. Unfortunately, McCunn forgot to make arrangements to have someone come pick him up at the end of the summer. Facing starvation, McCunn shot himself.
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Jimi Heselden, the owner of the company that made Segways, died in 2010 when he accidentally drove one of his own scooters off a cliff in Yorkshire, England.
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