These are supposedly true facts of death.
Perhaps what you are so scared of isn't really so scary.
(1) More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed
in plane crashes.
(2) More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks.
Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
(3) You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by
a poisonous spider.
(4) Fleas have the distinction of killing more people than all
the wars man has ever fought. The "Black Death" plague killed
1/4 of Europe's population in the 14th century, caused by germs
transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas.
(5) The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide
is the mosquito.
(6) The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is
attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the
male's head off.
(7) A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy in the
United States was forty-seven.
(8) Today, only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or
older.
(9) Your statistical chance of being murdered is 1 in 20,000.
(10) There are 5 times as many deaths due to the negligence of
doctors as there are deaths due to firearms.
(11) On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens
every year.
(12) Robert Hershey, of Hershey Chocolate fame, died when he
fell into a vat of chocolate and drowned.
(13) Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote "Nutrition for Health" and
numerous books on the science of proper eating, died of
malnutrition.
(14) Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an
abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
(15) When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed that his
small intestine contained five gold Krugerrands.
(16) When Thomas Edison died in 1941; Henry Ford captured his
last dying breath in a bottle.
(17) In 1845, President Andrew Jackson's pet parrot was removed
from his funeral for swearing.
(18) Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at
the assassinations of three presidents: his father's, President
Garfield's, and President McKinley's. After the last shooting,
he refused ever to attend a state affair again.
(19) When Mark Twain was born on Nov 30, 1835, Halley's comet
was visible over Florida, Missouri. Mark Twain predicted in 1909
that he would die when it returned. He was right. When he died
on April 21, 1910, Halley's comet was once again visible in the
sky.
"I'm not afraid of death. It's just that I don't want to be
there when it happens." - Woody Allen
Perhaps what you are so scared of isn't really so scary.
(1) More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed
in plane crashes.
(2) More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks.
Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
(3) You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by
a poisonous spider.
(4) Fleas have the distinction of killing more people than all
the wars man has ever fought. The "Black Death" plague killed
1/4 of Europe's population in the 14th century, caused by germs
transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas.
(5) The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide
is the mosquito.
(6) The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is
attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the
male's head off.
(7) A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy in the
United States was forty-seven.
(8) Today, only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or
older.
(9) Your statistical chance of being murdered is 1 in 20,000.
(10) There are 5 times as many deaths due to the negligence of
doctors as there are deaths due to firearms.
(11) On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens
every year.
(12) Robert Hershey, of Hershey Chocolate fame, died when he
fell into a vat of chocolate and drowned.
(13) Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote "Nutrition for Health" and
numerous books on the science of proper eating, died of
malnutrition.
(14) Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an
abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
(15) When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed that his
small intestine contained five gold Krugerrands.
(16) When Thomas Edison died in 1941; Henry Ford captured his
last dying breath in a bottle.
(17) In 1845, President Andrew Jackson's pet parrot was removed
from his funeral for swearing.
(18) Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at
the assassinations of three presidents: his father's, President
Garfield's, and President McKinley's. After the last shooting,
he refused ever to attend a state affair again.
(19) When Mark Twain was born on Nov 30, 1835, Halley's comet
was visible over Florida, Missouri. Mark Twain predicted in 1909
that he would die when it returned. He was right. When he died
on April 21, 1910, Halley's comet was once again visible in the
sky.
"I'm not afraid of death. It's just that I don't want to be
there when it happens." - Woody Allen
