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01The West Side Boys held a Royal Irish Regiment patrol of 11 soldiers; one hostage, Ranger Rowan, was released before the raid began.
02SAS and D Squadron assaulted at dawn on September 10, 2000; 25 West Side Boys were killed, one SAS soldier — Brad Tinnion — died.
03Chickens were deliberately scattered into the camp as distraction cover; the entire assault lasted under 20 minutes.

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01Edison Manufacturing Company filmed Topsy's electrocution; the film, 'Electrocuting an Elephant,' was commercially distributed that same year.
02Topsy killed three men in three years, including an abusive trainer who fed her a lit cigarette.
03She was given cyanide-laced carrots, then 6,600 volts — organizers had originally planned to hang her publicly.

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01Nitsch's flagship performance ran six continuous days at Prinzendorf Castle, using actual slaughtered livestock.
02Participants were strapped to wooden crosses and drenched in ox blood as a liturgical act.
03Austrian authorities prosecuted Nitsch for obscenity in 1965; he continued performing for another five decades.

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01Leonov's suit inflated to the point his hands pulled free of the gloves during his 12-minute spacewalk.
02He reduced suit pressure below safe limits unilaterally, risking decompression sickness to survive.
03His Voskhod 2 capsule then landed 386 km off target; he and his crewmate spent a night in a wolf-populated Siberian forest.

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01Gigante was acquitted of mob charges in 1969 partly on psychiatric grounds; he kept the bathrobe act running for another 28 years.
02The FBI recorded him conducting precise, lucid mob business in whispered conversations seconds before resuming the shambling routine.
03He finally admitted the insanity was feigned in 2003, two years before his death, voiding decades of psychiatric testimony.

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01The SLA's ransom demand required $2 million in free food distributed to every poor Californian — impossible to fulfill.
02Hearst was photographed holding a carbine during the April 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery, 57 days after her kidnapping.
03She served 22 months of a 7-year sentence before President Carter commuted it; Clinton later granted full pardon.

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01At its peak, Kowloon Walled City held 33,000 residents in 6.5 acres — the densest human settlement ever recorded.
02Unlicensed dentists operated ground-floor clinics for decades because no Hong Kong regulatory body had jurisdiction inside.
03The city generated its own internal economy, with rooftop dog kennels and fish-ball factories operating on the 14th floor.

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Skydiver Bill Booth 's second rule states that "The safer skydiving gear becomes, the more chances skydivers will take, in order to keep the fatality rate constant."

01Peltzman's 1975 paper found US seatbelt laws produced no net reduction in traffic fatalities.
02He argued drivers treated safety gear as a 'risk budget' — spend it on faster driving.
03The effect has since been observed in helmets, airbags, and even surgical safety checklists.

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01Ciskei troops killed 29 ANC marchers and wounded 200 on 7 September 1992 inside the Bisho stadium.
02The march was led by Ronnie Kasrils, who had identified a gap in the perimeter fence and ordered the crowd through it.
03Ciskei military ruler Oupa Gqozo, who ordered the defence, refused TRC amnesty and denied responsibility until 1999.

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