25 Mythbusting Facts About Widespread Fears

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25 Mythbusting Facts About Widespread Fears

According to the media, the world is a big scary place with lots of little scary things to make matters worse. But how warranted are the most common fears really? We asked you to provide some statistics that suck the terror out what scares us the most. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

Entry by Lakija

CRACKEDEON SCARED OF OVERPOPULATION? DON'T BE. WITH THE POPULATION DENSITY OF NEW YORK. EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH, AROUND 7 BILLION. COULD COMFORTABLY FIT

Entry by Old.Man

Afraid of Heights? Take solace in knowing that Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,330 ft drop out of an airplane after it fell apart in 1972. She hit the gro

Entry by AM Smiley

Rats in Tanzania are being trained to detect landmines* and tuberculosis. They're called HERO RATS. *The rats aren't harmed by the mines.

Entry by AM Smiley

CRACKEDO COM Bees are at their least dangerous when they're swarming. They're forming a new hive, SO there aren't any babies or food to protect.

Entry by monkeybird

Falling coconuts kill more people than shark attacks.

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