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People do stupid things all the time and they do them in all geographic regions, but as any regular viewer of Comedy Central’s "Tosh 2.0" can tell you, there does seem to be an uncanny correlation between certain regions of the country and the kind of risk-taking behavior that could get you seriously hurt or even killed. That’s the premise of a new study out today in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. The three authors, all from the University of Oklahoma, found that states with a “culture of honor” –- in the South, and the West, mainly --...

Man Bitten By Alligator After Trying To Lasso It POSTED: 6:44 am EDT August 30, 2004 ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man is recovering from injuries after learning a painful lesson about alligators. Dan Hornock tried to catch a gator in his backyard on Sunday. He lives off Lake Live Oak Drive in the Avalon Park development. He went after the five-footer, but things didn't go well. "So I tried to lasso it. I guess you could say, it didn't work," he explains. "Do not try to remove an alligator yourself. It is absolutely 100 percent avoidable," says...