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Segway Inc. Owner Killed by Own Product: 5 More Fatal Inventions

(Sept. 27) -- Jimi Heselden, the British philanthropist and owner of Segway Inc., tragically passed away on Sunday after an accident involving an off-road model of his own company's famous two-wheeled vehicle. According to a spokesman from the West Yorkshire Police, "a Segway-style vehicle was recovered" and the...

Death by Vuvuzela? It's Actually Possible

(Sept. 6) -- Soccer fans may have wanted to kill themselves at the 2010 World Cup this summer because of the incessant buzz of those annoying South African vuvuzelas, but who knew the noisy stadium horns could actually kill? According to Spike TV's "1,000 Ways to Die" -- an offbeat series about weird causes of death and...