The Darwin Awards are named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. Since 1995 the tongue-in-cheek accolades have been bestowed upon people who have acted upon extremely poor judgment which results in their demise. In this way nominees have excluded themselves form the gene pool and in so doing contribute to the continuation of humanity.The project was created by Wendy Northcutt who first began collecting the stories in 1993.
When did the Darwin Awards originate?(2 Answers)
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The Darwin Awards started in the early 1990s, apparently in the form of chain emails about people who died in stupid, self-caused ways. Because of the nature of ...
is a 1000 ways to die real faces of real people dying(1 Answer)
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NO. They are staged creations of the events. I beleive there is a disclaimer before the show as well stating the fact. It's like a tv version ...
Why are shows like Jackass considered entertainment? (3 Answers)
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Its our fascination with the stupid I guess :) From the first comedy movies slipping on a banana skin to Jackass, we do love watching people get into difficulties ...
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All Darwin awards and honorable mentions are trueSlashdot: Award Winners
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The stories originally circulated on the Internet
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There are four volumes of Darwin Awards
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The Darwin Award movie was made in 2006Darwinawards: Awards Movie
