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In 2018 this missionary tried to meet with the last tribe without contact with the outside world despite many warnings. He was killed as soon as he reached shore.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Chau was awarded the 2018 Darwin Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that awards various people for dying or sterilising themselves in manners considered to be stupid

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2018-13.html Now thats funny!

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