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Vintage books and magazines can tell you a lot about the way people used to live back in the day. When this old publication resurfaced on the internet, however, it raised more questions than the answers it provided.

It's from 1931 and it's called Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern (Electrical Protection in 132 Pictures). The book simply lists ways people could've gotten electrocuted and while some of them totally make sense (for example, touching a lamp), there are some that look... bizarre, to put it lightly. Like, that one about the guy peeing off a bridge. Continue scrolling to check out what I mean!

(h/t vintageeveryday)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandmother lived on a farm and when kids would come in from town, her brother would convince them to pee on the fence, shocking them.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The electricity traveled through her body and exited, of all places, through her butt...

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Meghan Turnis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm really confused as to why the pitchfork is floating in his...region...

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Analyn Lahr
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That probably did happen from time to time. People didn't understand the dangers as well back then.

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Roger Haywood
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Notice how the ladder is leaning on the window pane? More likely to die being impaled on broken glass.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The device on the table appears in many of the cartoons. Just what is it and WHY does it electracute so many people?

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Douglas Campbell
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Landline telephones do not have enough voltage to electrocute a person...

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Christine Blackburne-Kowal
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, you thought a vacume would be a 'nice' gift for my birthday. I'll show that a*****e.

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Chyppa Homer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What the hell were those telephone looking things with the wires bolted on top, anyway ?

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Jessica Mills
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't look like a phone, none of them have receivers on them. Whatever that is, it appears to have been the root of lots of problems.

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Ben Steinberg
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the electrocuted contractor laying by the newly installed mailbox would have been a tip -off

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get the feeling they used electricity before they discovered insulation??

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