A Brief History of Planking Accidents | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

A short documentary about the planking craze that swept the world in the early 2010s, and which ultimately resulted in a number of injuries and one death...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:41 - Background
► 03:42 - A Brief History of Planking Accidents
► 08:56 - The End of Planking

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES: 📑
► "Would You Fire Someone for Planking?" by Courtney Rubin, published by Inc, September 2011. Link: https://www.inc.com/news/articles/201...
► "Face Dancing AKA Planking" by MrMyth, published by Nanotechnopolis, February 2013. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/201603040...
► "Another One: Australian Teenager In A Coma After "Planking" On A Fast Moving Car" by Katya Watchell, published by Business Insider, May 2011. Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/simon...
► "Planking or the 'Lying-Down Game': Two Case Reports" by Barbieri S, Feltracco P, Omizzolo L, Snenghi R, El Mazloum R, Vettore G, Bergamini M, Stefanati A, Donato D, Ferronato C, Avato FM, Tredese A and Gaudio RM, published by the Interactive Journal of Medical Research, June 2017. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
► "Planking death: man plunges from balcony" by Marissa Calligeros, published by The Sydney Morning Herald, May 2011. Link: https://www.smh.com.au/national/plank...
► "Three charged in planking crackdown" by Nathan Mawby and Clementine Cuneo, published by Adelaide Now, May 2011. Link: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/s...
► "Planking: A Brief History" by Tom Metzer, published by The Guardian, May 2011. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

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