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

It's an old fashioned electric tea kettle. The baby pulled the heating element connectors off the kettle and put one in its mouth and one in its hand while it was plugged in. Moral. Keep stuff like that out of rich of babies.

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

The demon child has unplugged the connectors from the kettle and now has a direct connection to his father through the electrical outlet.

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

Haa-Haa-ha-ha!!! Hey thanks for that i really needed to genuinely laugh a something as i just went through a very traumatic life threatening event on my own just last Saturday & you just literally made me laugh out loud. so need that...

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

My first shock reaction was similar... ? in my mind was "is that baby sucking on a enema"... "that's almost completely unplugged" (i.e. a loose electrical socket in it's mouth) As a child i remember my youngest cousin about 3 yrs old playing & putting his mouth near with my little electric organ at my grandparents house. Just when i saw & yelled out to stop him (his sister had her back to him) the cord popped & switch turned black as his body lay completely still, his lips turning blue i held him, yelled his name, telling my female cousin (his sis) to get help from our grandparents who must have heard us & rushed in. Fortunately he was ok & came around very quickly. But i guess we all learned even though we were so young, life was fragile & precious. Just thankful this stuff can still make me laugh though as well! Life is good & worth living!

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

No idea what this is. Could it be some kind of dual electric vibrator??

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Nathaniel Bong
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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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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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