21 Harmless Things That Cause A Surprising Number Of Deaths

They say salt is bad for you, but not in the way you're thinking.
21 Harmless Things That Cause A Surprising Number Of Deaths

Car accidents. Packs of roving wolves in the street. Flaming cars full of psycho maniacs chasing you down the highway. Falling down. There's lots of ways we imagine ourselves kicking the bucket, because we're morbid people who are frightened by our own mortality.

But it turns out we shouldn't let our imaginations get away from ourselves, because there's a good chance most of us will perish doing something really innocuous. For instance ...

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Since 1967, over 500 people have been killed by caterpillars. The Lonomia Obliqua caterpillar causes an average of 1.7 deaths per year, making it almo
TELEVISIONIS BAD FOR YOU. According to figures from the U.S. Consumer Product. Safety Commission. 215 people were crushed to death by falling TV Sets
The salt on your table can be a DEADLY PoSon In high doses it is poisonous enough to quickly kill an adult, and has been a common method of suicide in

Then they just roll you up in it and set the whole works on the curb

That rug might really tie the room together: but it could kill you. An estimated 3,800 people aged 65 and over die each year from slips and falls caused by area rugs.
8 Statistics state that around 27 people die every year due to working around elevators. CRACKEDCON
GRAOT Stairs are linked to 2.000 o. deaths annually (ordinary stairs, not just crazy stairs)
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT KILLED 147 IN 10 YEARS GRACRED COM

Bounce Castles

From 2003 to 2013, there were 12 deaths and 113,272 injuries associated with inflatable amusements! Kids, try not to have too much fun when you're bo
CRACKED COM Either by falling out of them, or having them fall on you, trees kill over 100 people yearly in the United States.
If you get a chill on one of those long cold winter nights, you might just want to get an extra blanket instead of cranking up the space heater. Annua
Clothes dryers are responsible for over 2900 fires reported every year. According to the US Fire Administration, clogged lint filters in dryers cause
FACT Ladders Might Actually Bring Bad Luck As Falls From Ladders Cause 355 Deaths A Year In the U.S. Alone! Of the almost 5000 serious injuries relate
CRACKED CON ABOUT 13 CHILDREN A YEAR ARE KILLED BY HOT DOGS. Over 10,000 children end up in the emergency room every year after choking on food. Up to
CRACKEDCON 7 children were strangled to death by window blind cords in 2014 alone. Bonus fact: over the past 30 years there have been more than 300 -r

Unbelievable Statistics

Extra Strength PG Got a headache after F reading all these CAPLET facts? ACETAMINOPHEN CONTAINS NO ASP Well... you might want to tough it out, because
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT 7-9 HOURS OF SLEEP? If your answer is I can't remember, you should rethink your life because accidents caused by drow
CRACKED CONT GRIM REAPER? TRY GRIMMOWER. H Riding lawnmowers cause an average of 90 deaths a year.
CRACKED Dtreli. ber S Padded cribs caused 23 infant deaths by suffocation between 2006 and 2012, in the US alone.
From 1973 to 1988, balloons caused 121 deaths of children by suffocation. Even the recent data showed not much of an improvement, as there were 12 rep
100 d 522 peopled died the first year Viagra was put on the market, and that number hasonly...gotten bigger... over the years. 89A pfrer phaner Sorry

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