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By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:18:32 +0000

Fun fact: the two people who survived the St. Pierre volcanic eruption only survived because they were both prisoners. The prison was located beneath the police station, and designed to keep people from breaking out, which made it strong enough to survive the burning hot ash and debris that killed most of the city.
The more you know…

By: John H

John H — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:12:31 +0000

Can’t remember full story but the Lake nyos distater in camaroon is Bizarre. An earthquake released tonnes of CO2 that had been building up at the bottom of the lake. People who were lying down died but those who stayed awake nd standing survived as CO2 is denser then air.
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/killer_lakes/killer_lakes.html

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Top 10 Bizarre Disasters | staycun.com — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:11:53 +0000

[...] and maiming hundreds of workers and any spectators who had survived the initial blast. Most of the business district was devastated, and fires raged along the waterfront, where huge tanks of butane gas stood [...]

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Plod — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:31:03 +0000

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By: Mae Pearl

Mae Pearl — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:13:06 +0000

Great list. I find funny how it seems that most people don't read the comments before cementing themselves. It does get quite tedious reading the same suggestions over n over again. :-p

By: Strembop

Strembop — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:24:05 +0000

Look in ‘the book of heroic failures’ excellent stuff in the book. very funny. by stephen pile.

In Alcoente Prison, near Lisbon in Portugal, July 1978, 124 prisoners escaped. 220 knives and electric cables vanished first, and the guards apparently intended to look into it. Neither did they notice the huge holes in the walls as they were ‘covered with posters’. Nor did they detect the large absences of electric drills, water hoses, chisels and spades. The night before the escape one guard noted that of 36 prisoners in his block, 13 were present. This was normal, apparently, because prisoners hid or missed roll-call, but returned the next morning. It took the remaining prisoners to tell the guards of the escape at 6:30 the following morning. The searchlights ‘were their worst enemy’ because they blinded the guards to anything outside. When checked, 1/2 the prison’s inmates were gone. According to Dr Santos Pais, The Justice Minister, this was ‘normal… (and part of) the legitimate desire of the prisoner to regain his liberty’. Sigh.

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Life’s A Gas: Vienna’s Recycled, Repurposed Gasometers « Nsibai's Blog — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:20:23 +0000

[...] most famous gasometer explosion in American history is probably The Pittsburg Gasometer Explosion, which took place on November 14th, 1927. The gasometer in question – thought to be the world’s [...]

By: Jllyon

Jllyon — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:22:58 +0000

It isn't actually fiction at all. It is well documented at the historical society and the New York Times also covered the incident in an article written 9/20/1902. The truth is that someone yelled "fight,", that was mistaken for "Fire," and people panicked. As they rushed for the doors, more than 115 people were killed, mostly by suffocation.