The Death of Franz Reichelt

This is probably the very first death ever recorded on film since Franz passed away in 1912, though if anyone knows of any earlier taped deaths, please let me know cause i'm curious if there is or not.

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also the first Darwin Award caught on film, since Charles Darwin died from natural selection in 1882

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fun fact: on his death bed, he denounced evolution and darwinism, but they never put that in the stories these days

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did he give reason?

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Yes, he said they were both responsible for the dissemination of the ligma phenomenon

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what's ligma??

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Ligma balls

:#marseylaugh:

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What's balls?

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Can't believe people still fall for that in 2022 🤦🤦

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:marseyclapping:

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When I heard it, no reason was provided, just the statement in an interview or article. just that he did. could be fakenews. I intended to do a deeper dive on it but never did. 10 years later.

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Sounds like some Xtian homeschooling bullshit.

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Very interesting to see on here what is probably the first ever death on film. He was trying to test a new parachute he invented but it didn't deploy. People told him to test it with dummies too instead of jumping himself but he didn't listen.

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Well.. he did test it with a dummy.. technically.. xD

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"I like gore!"

"Fucking rookie, I WATCHED THE FIRST GORE VIDEO IN THE EARLY 1900s FOOL"

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:#marseycapypat:

Snapshots:

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The Coyote approves. It even had the little puff of smoke.

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Imagine if it worked. I'd love to know how he'd have saved himself from landing flat on his face.

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at least he finally fly

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I believe I can fly

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