This laser can't escape the water. Physics won't let it.
u/drkmatterinc — 7 days ago
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Kevin Strickland spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder he didn't commit. After his conviction was overturned in 2021, Missouri released him without paying a single dollar in compensation.
u/drkmatterinc — 20 days ago
Identical twin sisters Kayla and Kellie Bingham answered 296 of 307 questions the same way on a medical school exam, including 54 they both got wrong. Although the university accused them of cheating, investigators found no proof, and the twins later won a unanimous $1.5 million defamation verdict.
u/drkmatterinc — 23 days ago
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Bob Ross’s name and likeness generate millions in licensing revenue, but his family receives none of it because the rights are controlled by his former business partners Annette and Walt Kowalski. His son Steve said he was unable to paint professionally for years because he feared being sued by them
u/drkmatterinc — 1 month ago
In 2007, Jennifer Strange entered a Sacramento radio station's water-drinking contest to win a Nintendo Wii for her children. After drinking nearly two gallons of water in three hours and losing, she died from water intoxication. The hosts had been warned of the risks, but the contestants had not.
u/drkmatterinc — 23 days ago
In 2010, 24-year-old lab technician Émilie Jaumain pricked her thumb while cleaning equipment used for prion-infected mouse brains. For seven years, nothing happened. Then she developed burning pain, anxiety, memory loss, and hallucinations before dying. The accident gave her a fatal prion disease.
u/drkmatterinc — 23 days ago
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In 1971, the Soyuz 11 space capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan. When rescuers opened the hatch, all three cosmonauts were dead. A valve had opened 104 miles above Earth, exposing them to the vacuum. They remain the only humans to die in outer space.
u/drkmatterinc — 1 month ago
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The original Marlboro Man never smoked a day in his life. After 12 years as the face of the brand, his children asked why he told them not to smoke. He quit the campaign the next day.
u/drkmatterinc — 1 month ago
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Final photo of Apple visionary Steve Jobs, days before he died in 2011. Diagnosed in 2003 with a rare, treatable pancreatic cancer, he delayed surgery nine months, turning to diets, acupuncture and herbal remedies first. By the time he had surgery, the cancer had spread. He later regretted waiting.
u/drkmatterinc — 1 month ago
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In 2022, Slovak ice swimmer Boris Oravec nearly died after he lost sight of the exit while swimming beneath a frozen lake. Trapped under the ice and running out of air, he survived by finding the safety rope and following it back to his team.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
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In 2013, cook Harrison Okene was trapped nearly 100 feet underwater after his tugboat capsized off Nigeria and sank to the ocean floor. For almost three days, he survived in a tiny air pocket until divers searching the wreck for bodies found him alive.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
Billionaire J. Paul Getty refused to pay a $17M ransom for his kidnapped grandson. After the kidnappers mailed the teen’s severed ear to Getty, he agreed to pay $2.2M, the most he could write off on his taxes. He loaned the remaining $800K to his son at 4% interest.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
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In 1999, Waffle House waitress Tonda Dickerson was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10 million dollars. She was later sued by her coworkers for a share, sued by the man who gave her the ticket, kidnapped by her ex-husband, and shot him in the chest while attempting to escape.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
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In 2013, cook Harrison Okene was trapped nearly 100 feet underwater after his tugboat capsized off Nigeria and sank to the ocean floor. For almost three days, he survived in a tiny air pocket until divers searching the wreck for bodies found him alive.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
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In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin, leaving his face disfigured. He and his family believe Moscow ordered the attempt as he pushed for closer ties with Europe. Despite this, Yushchenko survived and won the presidency that year.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
In 2008, Brazilian priest Adelir Antônio de Carli strapped himself to a plastic chair lifted by 1,000 helium balloons, hoping to break a world record and raise money for charity. Tragically, a storm blew him over the Atlantic, where he vanished while trying to figure out how to operate his GPS.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
Joy Milne claimed she could smell Parkinson’s disease. Scientists tested her with 12 T-shirts: 6 from Parkinson’s patients and 6 from healthy controls. She correctly identified all 6 patients and also flagged one “healthy” person. Months later, that person was diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
In 1999, 23-year-old Hong Kong hostess Fan Man-yee was abducted, held captive, and tortured for a month inside a Tsim Sha Tsui apartment. When police searched it, they found her skull sewn inside a Hello Kitty mermaid doll.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
At 8, Christina Santhouse had the right half of her brain removed after suffering up to 150 seizures a day. Doctors warned she might never live independently. Christina later got her driver’s license, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, bought a home, and became a speech pathologist.
u/drkmatterinc — 2 months ago
In 2014, Navy veteran Chad Oulson was shot and killed in a Florida movie theater after a retired police captain confronted him for texting his babysitter during the previews. Eight years later, a jury acquitted the shooter under Florida self-defense law.
u/Texan2020katza — 1 month ago