The article presents a list of the top 10 most ridiculous and preventable deaths, earning the individuals a "Darwin Award". These awards are given to people who die or become infertile due to their own stupidity, thus removing themselves from the gene pool. The list includes a thief who jumped into a tiger enclosure while escaping, a missionary who tried to convert a remote tribe despite warnings, a millionaire who died while riding a Segway, and several others who died due to their own foolish actions.
Here are the key facts:
1. The Darwin Awards are based on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
2. The awards recognize people who have died or become infertile due to their own actions.
3. A thief in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was killed by a tiger after jumping into the zoo while trying to escape from a couple he had just robbed.
4. John Allen Chau, an American missionary, was killed by the Sentinelese tribe on the Andaman Islands in 2018 while trying to preach Christianity to them.
5. Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway, died in 2010 after riding his Segway off a cliff in West Yorkshire.
6. Terrion Pouncy, a 19-year-old man, was severely injured in 2017 after attempting to rob a hot dog vendor in Chicago and accidentally setting off his own gun.
7. A thief in Pittsburgh was crushed to death in 2017 while trying to steal tires from a van.
8. A woman in Moscow was killed in 2010 when a cell phone company's "happy holidays" message set off a bomb she was carrying.
9. Anthony Powell, an inmate in Oregon, died in 2017 after swallowing meth-filled balloons passed to him by his girlfriend during a prison visit.
10. A man in Arizona was killed in 1982 after a cactus he was shooting at fell on top of him.
11. Jack Sullivan, a retired stockbroker, died in 1996 after running off a cliff while jogging in San Francisco.
12. Nitaro Ito, a Japanese politician, died in 1979 after stabbing himself in the leg while trying to fake an attack to gain sympathy from voters.