A famous Chinese "rooftopping" enthusiast unwittingly filmed his own death after he fell from a 62-story skyscraper during one of his trademark daredevil stunts.
Wu Yongning, 26, was performing pull-ups at the summit of the Huayuan Hua Center, one of the tallest buildings in Changsha, central China, when he lost his grip and fell.
The incident was captured on a camera that Wu had carefully placed on another part of the building to record himself.
Wu had amassed thousands of followers on Weibo, a popular Chinese social media site, after posting dramatic short videos showing himself perched atop tall buildings without the use of safety equipment. The challenge he was participating in at the time of his death came with $15,000 in prize money, according to the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, although the paper did not provide further details on the identity of the sponsor or the nature of the competition.
Wu died on November 8, but his death was only confirmed in a social media post by his girlfriend, Jin Jin, a month later, after fans became concerned that no videos had been posted to his channel for a month.
Local police investigating the case described it as an accident and have ruled out foul play.
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Rooftopping, or "buildering," is the practice of accessing rooftops to take skyline photography or perform stunts. The performer often live-streams the footage or posts it to social media. The trend has spiked in popularity all across the world in recent years, despite safety concerns; many climbers insist that the use of safety equipment detracts from the experience.
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A California man with a love of raw fish had a major scare when a trip to the bathroom led to a disturbing discovery. He felt ill with diarrhea when he noticed what looked like a piece of intestine hanging out of his body.
The man grabbed it and pulled it out and soon learned it was actually a 5-and-a-half-foot tapeworm.
Emergency physician Dr. Kenny Bahn was the doctor on call at the local emergency room in Fresno where the man went and retells the story of the incident on a recent episode of the podcast "This Won't Hurt A Bit."
The patient came to the ER and asked to be treated for worms, something Bahn said he hears a lot from patients who try to self-diagnose and often makes him skeptical.
But then Bahn noticed the man had a plastic bag in his hand. Inside, he had wrapped the worm around a cardboard toilet paper tube.
"That came out of your bottom?" Bahn asked the man, who replied, "Yes."
The doctor asked further questions and found out that the man was suffering from abdominal cramping and bloody diarrhea. While using the bathroom he saw something hanging out of himself and pulled.
"He grabs it, and he pulls on it, and it keeps coming out," Bahn recounted on the podcast. He then held it in front of him "and what does it do? It starts moving."
At the hospital, Bahn unraveled the tapeworm and laid it on paper towels on the emergency room floor. It measured 5 and a half feet long. "My height," Bahn said.
He soon learned the man had not traveled to any other countries or partaken in any unusual behavior that might have exposed him to the parasite. He did admit, however, that he had a love for sushi – particularly raw salmon sashimi – and ate it daily.
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that a tapeworm known to infect salmon from the Asian Pacific is now present in fish from U.S. waters.
While the risk of getting a tapeworm from eating raw or undercooked fish is low, doctors warn it is possible.
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