TIL that in 1999, a woman survived a 14,500 foot fall after her parachute didn't deploy while skydiving. She landed on a mound of fire ants and was stung several hundred times, giving her an adrenaline rush to keep her heart beating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Murray_%28skydiver%29



Submitted March 28, 2015 at 11:16PM by thestickystickman http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30m8pr/til_that_in_1999_a_woman_survived_a_14500_foot/