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Chinese man causes outage after doing sit-ups atop power pole | South China Morning Post

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A man in Chengdu, China was taken away by police after climbing onto a high-voltage utility pole to do sit-ups on February 21, 2021. Footage from a local media outlet shows him doing stomach crunches on top of the tower. State media said local police asked the electrical utility company to cut off power after receiv…

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