Top 11 Most Idiotic Darwin Awards

"In the spirit of Charles Darwin, the Darwin Awards commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chances of long-term survival."

Charles Darwin

This pretty much sums up what the Darwin Awards are. In order to qualify for the award you have to be either dead or lost the ability to reproduce. Thus helping the human gene pool, by removing your idiotic self and help the species. It sounds kind of cruel, but when you read the examples, you'll understand why the authors created the awards.

In order to get published, the deeds have to be incredibly idiotic. It has to be humorous and to be true. Every nomination is verified before entering. Some are nominated as fiction, because there are no eyewitnesses or no news reports. Still, they are amusing, so they deserve a bit of attention. Also, nominees have to be mentally stable.

There are tons of awards you can read on the internet, because the project started back in 1993. But these are the top 9 best Darwin Awards, according to dGeneralist: