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    Skydivers collide during memorial jump for fallen skydivers

    Perhaps proving that no good deed goes unpunished, a skydiver in Riverside, California is dead after accidentally colliding with another during an ‘ash dive’ to honor the memory of two fallen skydiving instructors. In both incidents, the skydivers’ parachutes became entangled on descent; luckily for the most recent pair,...
  • Russian Businessmen Prove Flying Donkeys Aren’t All That Funny

    In theory, sure, a donkey forced to parasail above stunned onlookers sounds like a good plan, but in reality, not so much. A group of Russian entrepreneurs, in an effort to attract people to their private beach, attached the frightened animal to a parachute, then had the animal lifted...