A Darwin Award is a tongue-in-cheek "honor" given to people who supposedly improve the human gene pool as part of the natural-selection process by accidentally killing or sterilizing themselves during a foolish or careless mistake. Named after pioneering evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, some of the "awards" are in fact urban legends.
Great 2006 Darwin Awards:
HAMMER OF DOOM: A Brazil man tried to disassemble a missile by car, and by sledgehammer... COPPER KITE STRING: Precautions must be taken to avoid sudden electrocution... HIGH ON LIFE: Four feet found protruding from a helium advertising balloon... SCORE FOR GOLIATH: A mythical giant felled by a humble slingshot: a modern speargun versus an underwater leviathan... FAITHFUL FLOTATION: a pastor who could literally walk on water... STUBBED OUT: If a doctor advises that the one thing you must avoid is an open flame, most people ould not strike a match... STAR WARS: Luke vs. Darth Vader, with light sabres made from fluorescent tubes and gasoline...
