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Technology & Science

Mar. 31, 2001

Mordant Site Mocks the Nutty Ways That Dumb People Die

There is a way to have fun with - and capitalize on - stupidity, and Wendy Northcutt has found out how. The 37-year-old former scientist runs a humorous Web site called Darwinawards.com, where stories commemorate those individuals who, so the theory goes, ensure the survival of the strongest in the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool.

By Amy Bentley
Special to the Daily Journal
        There is a way to have fun with - and capitalize on - stupidity, and Wendy Northcutt has found out how.
        The 37-year-old former scientist runs a humorous Web site called Darwinawards.com, where stories commemorate those individuals who, so the theory ...

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