The first rules we learn as children are things that will keep us safe. Don't mix electricity and water, don't touch the stove top, don't drink anything with a skull and crossbones on it, don't stick a fork into a wall socket and so on.

Well, let's just say that some adults didn't get the memo. Curiosity got the better of Redditor u/MeteorIntrovert, who asked netizens about witnessing truly ill-fated deaths.

What is the most stupidest way you've heard someone die?
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It's hard to personally verify these stories, and if they're to be believed, or not, they'll definitely make for some interesting water cooler conversations.

Phone books and pillows cannot stop bullets from killing you

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A serial killer gets their comeuppance

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TIL about Bruce Lindahl a serial killer who died after accidently stabbing himself in the leg while in the process of murdering another man.
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Car keys are not worth getting hit by a roller coaster by

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A 'karmic slap back'

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Maybe don't set off those fireworks on your head

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Don't try to prove certain things

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Animals at the zoo can and will kill you, if you taunt them

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Turns out, Steve Jobs was kind of dumb?

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Are you a wealthy man with a midlife crisis? Don't climb Everest, or investigate the Titanic

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