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True Urban Legends

One Sticky Situation
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919. On January 15, 1919, a tank of molasses flooded the streets of Boston, Massachusetts after exploding when temperatures reached 46 degrees. A 40 ft wave of 2,300,000 gallons of molasses swept through the streets of Boston at 35mph killing 21 people and injuring 150. The flood of brown goo tossed around animals and destroyed many buildings. It was a devastation to the city and to the people who experienced the disaster firsthand.

Deadly Weather
As strange as it sounds, in 1998, 11 members of a Congolese soccer team were all electrocuted to death. It’s bizarre considering your chances of electrocution by lightening are about 1 in 300,000. Of course, all the Congolese players were wearing metal studded cleats, whereas the opposing team were wearing rubberized ones.

Man Lives With Broken Neck for 60 Years
While hard to believe, it’s absolutely true. World War II veteran Bill Boyd suffered a broken neck when jumping from his plane in 1943. He didn’t realize it until he suffered a minor car crash that revealed his startling injury. He never knew he was moments away from death or even paralysis. He had spent two weeks in a small German cell lying completely still, which was enough to save his life. Once the doctor discovered his 60-year-old injury, he took action to repair Mr. Boyd’s neck.

Cacti Revenge
Cactus Gets Revenge on Rifleman. David Grundman and his roommate James Joseph Suchochi are a couple of riflemen in Arizona, who go out into the desert to shoot Saguaro cactus’ just for the fun of it. Grundman shoots a cactus until it falls. Then he decides to shoot another one because that first one fell to easy. His next victim was a 26ft tall cactus. He shot the cactus a couple of times, and the cactus ended up falling on him crushing him to death with its piercing needles/spines. Imagine being pierced by needles this big. I get chills just thinking about it.

Not A Laughing Matter
Man Dies From Laughing in his Sleep. A truck driver in Thailand laughed so much in his sleep that he died. His wife tried to wake him up but was unsuccessful, because he just kept laughing. One of the diagnosis was a heart attack. It was one of the oddest cases ever in Thailand. The man was 52 year old Damneon Saen-um.