"A Natural Selection!"
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 Natural Selection
 Relatively Dangerous
 I Fought the Law
 Up in Smoke
 Leaps of Faith
 Military Intelligence
 Testosterone
 Dangerous Liaisons
 Davey Jones' Locker
 Man's Favorite Toy
 Foolish Ingenuity
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Darwin Awards: EVOLUTION IN ACTION
by Wendy Northcutt

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 Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action!
It's an ongoing saga of survival of the fittest, and it's all here. New stories and favorite winners from years past. Meet the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current  Marvel at the would-be pilot who suspends his lawnchair from helium balloons  Learn from the man who peers into a gas can using a cigarette lighter  The book includes stories, History of the Awards, Darwin Haiku, and 12 discussions of the implications of evolution, including the origin of idiots and the role of testosterone.

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11 Chapters
185 Stories
327 Pages
 
98 Darwins
33 Mentions
33 Personals
21 Legends
 

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"Thank goodness for the authentic manual for things
not to do if you want to grow old."
Chuck Shepherd, News of the Weird
 

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Tickles the funnybone as it shakes your faith in mankind."
David Boze, Producer, The Weissbach Show

Author Biography  
Wendy holds a degree in molecular biology from UC Berkeley. She began writing Darwin Awards in 1993, and founded the website soon thereafter.

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