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  2. Milgram experiment - Wikipedia

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    The subject is led to believe that for each wrong answer, the learner was receiving actual electric shocks, though in reality there were no such punishments. Being separated from the subject, the confederate set up a tape recorder integrated with the electro-shock generator, which played pre-recorded sounds for each shock level. [1]

  3. Electrical injury - Wikipedia

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    A strong electric shock can often cause painful muscle spasms severe enough to dislocate joints or even to break bones. The loss of muscle control is the reason that a person may be unable to release themselves from the electrical source; if this happens at a height as on a power line they can be thrown off.

  4. Picana - Wikipedia

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    The picana is a hybrid electroshock weapon adapted from the electric cattle prod, the precursor for today's stun guns.Originally cattle prods were devices developed for use as a goad in animal slaughterhouses, but later were used on humans as torture devices intended to exact pain and incapacitate a person.

  5. The video shows a few minutes later, one of the officers appears to give him a sternum rub, which Faust said is used to try and assess if a person is conscious. Brooks does not seem to respond to ...

  6. Joy buzzer - Wikipedia

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    A joy buzzer (also called a hand buzzer) is a practical joke device that consists of a coiled mainspring inside a disc worn in the palm of the hand. When the wearer shakes hands with another person, a button on the disc releases the spring, which rapidly unwinds creating a vibration that mimics an electric shock to the unsuspecting victim.

  7. Electrocution - Wikipedia

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    Death can occur from any shock that carries enough sustained current through a vital organ or tissue. When an electric current flows through the brain or spinal cord, death due to asphyxiation may occur as a result of interference with the central nervous system's control of respiration, or through direct paralysis of the chest muscles. [18]

  8. Taser - Wikipedia

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    A TASER device, with cartridge removed, making an electric spark between its two electrodes Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed. TASER (also variously "Taser" or "taser") is a brand of conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people by delivering an intense electric shock that briefly disrupts voluntary control of the muscles, allowing the person to be ...

  9. What Is the Emergency Contact Trend? Here's Why People Are ...

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ... In the weeks following Paiz's initial video, at least 60,000 people have joined in on the trend and made videos under the hashtag # ...