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38 Crazy Things People Do For Attention Edit
From David Blaine's Dive of Death to Hurricane Tubin

From David Blaine's Dive of Death to Hurricane Tubin

Some people, like David Blaine, partake in extreme stunts to build their own media status, and hype their own courage. Others do it to promote a brand, enlisting creative ad agencies to put on mind blowing shows.

From mass nudist activists appearance on glaciers to magician David Blaine’s Dive of Death, here are some of the craziest things people do for media attention.

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Illusionists Stunts David Blaine's 'Dive Of Death' Over Central Park (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Extreme City Sports Urban Cliff Diving (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Activists vs Fashion Industry PETA Protests Donna Karan (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article
Extreme Public Transportation Giant Suction Cups for Hitchhikers for 2008 Fiat Contest (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Raw Poultry Public Art Attention Chicken by Nicolas Lampert (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Chaos-Inducing Publicity Stunts EA Gas Giveaway for Mercenaries 2 Slideshow View Full Article
Giant Wave Jumping The Latest in Extreme Water Sports (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Extreme Hurricane Street Tubing Tropical Storm Fay Mishap (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Extreme Adverstunts Redbull Flugtag: Does Redbull Really Give You Wings? (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Olympic Activists Amanda Beard Naked for PETA (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	18 Massive, Bizarre World Recor... Slideshow View Full Article	Flying with Balloons over Brazil Priest's Publicity Stunt Loses Air (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
UFO Crash Publicity Stunts The Potters Field Mystery (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Gas Prices Inspiring Wild Stunts Hookers & Priests Offering Free Gas? Slideshow View Full Article	Dramatic Car PR Stunts BMW 7 Hidden in an Hourglass (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Daredevil Opera Stunts Lesley Garrett Sings on the Tower of London (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Controversial PR Stunts Naughty Celeb Videos That Boosted Careers (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Jackass Stunts for Women Boob Punching (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Extremely Weird Mall Exercises Spinning Blonde on Escalator Railings (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Suspended Bed Billboards Crowne Plaza Publicity Stunt (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Grocery Store Stunts Tossing $800K of Food (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Skydiving Graffiti Honda Publicity Stunt (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Throwing Money From Planes Tung Desem Waringin's Publicity Stunt (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Extreme AdverStunts Kobe Jumps over Snakes for Nike (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Punching Employees Slow Motion Abuse as a PR Stunt (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Daredevil Soccer Stunts Cesc Fàbregas for Nike T90 (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Sartorial Extremes SJP's Flower Hat at Sex & The City Premiere (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Magic Meets Acrobatics Cirque du Soleil 'Believe' to Star 'Criss Angel' (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Extreme Stunt YouTube Ads Kobe Bryant Jumps Over Aston Martin for Nike (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Publicity Stunt to Boost Movie Hype? Morgan Spurlock Says He Found Osama bin Laden Slideshow View Full Article
Record Surf Stunt 84 Surfers, One Wave Slideshow View Full Article	Naked On A Glacier Hundreds Freeze For Global Warming Campaign (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Fake Police Car Behind Billboard IsBank Ad Gets Your Attention Slideshow View Full Article
Escalator Skiing Extreme Ski Stunt Video Is A YouTube Hit (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Ads to Attract Men's Atten... (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Airplane Publicity Stunts Volkswagen Touareg Pulls 747 (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Bagvertising II Lingerie Shopping Bag Draws Attention Slideshow View Full Article	Erecting a 16 Tonne Ice Pop: Pu... Slideshow View Full Article

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38 Crazy Things People Do For Attention Edit From David Blaine's Dive of Death to Hurricane Tubin

Illusionists Stunts

Extreme City Sports

Activists vs Fashion Industry

Extreme Public Transportation

Raw Poultry Public Art

Chaos-Inducing Publicity Stunts

Giant Wave Jumping

Extreme Hurricane Street Tubing

Extreme Adverstunts

Olympic Activists

18 Massive, Bizarre World Recor...

Flying with Balloons over Brazil

UFO Crash Publicity Stunts

Gas Prices Inspiring Wild Stunts

Dramatic Car PR Stunts

Daredevil Opera Stunts

Controversial PR Stunts

Jackass Stunts for Women

Extremely Weird Mall Exercises

Suspended Bed Billboards

Grocery Store Stunts

Skydiving Graffiti

Throwing Money From Planes

Extreme AdverStunts

Punching Employees

Daredevil Soccer Stunts

Sartorial Extremes

Magic Meets Acrobatics

Extreme Stunt YouTube Ads

Publicity Stunt to Boost Movie Hype?

Record Surf Stunt

Naked On A Glacier

Fake Police Car Behind Billboard

Escalator Skiing

Ads to Attract Men's Atten...

Airplane Publicity Stunts

Bagvertising II

Erecting a 16 Tonne Ice Pop: Pu...

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38 Crazy Things People Do For Attention Edit
From David Blaine's Dive of Death to Hurricane Tubin