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A woman bought new shoes, and shortly afterwards died from a knife-wound. Why?
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She was the assistant to a knife-thrower in a circus, and the new shoes made her stand two inches higher, throwing off the aim of the performer.
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A man was pushed out of an airplane, without a parachute. How was he able to survive?
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The plane was sitting on the runway.
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A woman was on an elevator. When it stopped, and the lights went out, she began to cry, knowing that her husband was dead. How did she know?
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She was on a hospital elevator, and her husband was on life support, which would also fail when the power went out.(Note: I have been informed that hospitals have emergency power for all critical systems and life support is one of those critical systems, so this scenario is not actually possible.)
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A man saw a large goose through while looking out the window. Why were both he and the goose soon dead?
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The window he was looking out was on an airplane, and the goose was being sucked into the engine, causing the plane to crash.
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A man woke up in the middle of the night and turned off the light. Ten people died as result. Why?
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He was the lighthouse keeper, and turned off the light, causing a ship to wreck on the rocks.
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Why was the man able to pass three cars going 70 miles-per-hour, while he was going only 60 miles-per-hour?
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The cars he passed were going in the opposite direction.
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. A man was doing his job when his clothing tore. Why was he dead ten seconds later?
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He worked at a factory. His clothing got caught on a piece of machinery, dragged him in, and killed him.
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A married couple went to a movie and the husband strangled the wife during the show. How was he able to get her body home without attracting attention?
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The movie was at a drive-in theater, and their car had tinted windows.
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Why did running out of gas save Jacks life?
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He was in the car in the garage, trying to kill himself with the carbon monoxide from the engine running.
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A man wakes up and sees that his brother is dead. Though they are alone in a quiet room, he immediately realizes that he will be dead soon too. How does he know this?
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His brother is his Siamese twin, and since they share common organs, he cannot survive alone
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A woman tries to drop her husband into the ocean, but he blows back into the boat. Why?
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Her husband was cremated, and she tried to pour his ashes into the ocean, but it ´s a windy day, and his ashes blow back into the boat.
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