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The original Darwin Awards were fictitious. Both were contained [clarification needed] in a 1990 version of the JATO Rocket Car urban legend [citation needed] [3] posted to the rec.models.rockets Usenet newsgroup. When this urban legend was debunked, it was specifically pointed out that the mentioned Darwin Awards were fictitious.
A 2014 study published in the British Medical Journal found that between 1995 and 2014, males represented 88.7% of Darwin Award winners (see figure). [16] The comedy film The Darwin Awards (2006), written and directed by Finn Taylor, was based on the website and many of the Darwin Awards stories. [17]
After 45 minutes in the sky, Walters shot several balloons with a pellet gun, taking care not to unbalance the load. He then accidentally dropped his pellet gun overboard. Despite having taken a camera, he did not take any photos. He descended slowly, until the balloons' dangling cables became caught in a power line at 423 E 44th Way in Long Beach.
Instituted in 1985, a person is recognized with a Darwin Award when he unwittingly contributes to the advancement of human evolution by removing himself from the gene pool in some extraordinary way.
[3] [4] The medal commemorates the work of English biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). [5] Darwin, most famous for his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, [6] was a fellow of the Royal Society, and had received the Royal Medal in 1853 and the Copley Medal in 1864. [2] The diameter of the Darwin Medal is 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch (5.7 cm). It is made ...
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The Steve McGregor Award for Best Emerging Talent in Film/Television was inaugurated at the National Remote Indigenous Media Festival in 2009. The inaugural winner was Bernard Namok Jnr, who worked for the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (TEABBA).