During a 1993 playoff game in the Greek basketball league Serbian player Boban Jankovic paralyzed himself by slamming his head against a post out of frustration over a call made by a referee.

After being bound to a wheelchair for the final 13 years of his life, Jankovic gained weight, which exerted too much stress on his heart, and he eventually died of heart failure at the age of 42, on the date of June 28, 2006, while he was on a holiday cruise on the Greek island of Rhodes

When I was crossing the country I stopped at a rural gas station and got in line. When I got to the pump they were like "your plates aren't from around here why are you here" and I was like "I didn't know gas was region locked" and she was like "you're not even eligible for this gas event" and I'm like "what the hell is a gas event" and she said "you know what nevermind it's too late" and started filling my tank. I asked her where I could pay and she just awkwardly told me to take the gas and go. That's how I learned what a charity "gas event" is