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TIL despite Americans owning more than 85 million dogs as pets, only 30-50 deaths per year are attributed to dog attacks, fewer than bees or accidental gun discharges

by whatilearned November 30, 2021, 5:14 pm

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TIL during the construction of the Hoover dam there were 112 deaths. The first was the drowning of a surveyor, J.G. Tierney. He had a son, Patrick Tierney, who was an electrician, and he was the final of the 112 deaths, 14 years later, on the same day.

by whatilearned November 27, 2021, 10:18 pm

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TIL storms with female names cause more deaths than male names storms.

by whatilearned November 27, 2021, 3:20 pm

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TIL Mary Shelley published her novel “Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus” at 19 years old, its themes of birth and death reflecting the deaths of both her first infant child and sister within a short timeframe, followed by pregnancy with another child who she carried throughout the book’s writing.

by whatilearned November 26, 2021, 8:35 pm

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TIL of the 2003 Congo Air Disaster, when upwards of 200 people were sucked out of the plane to their deaths when the cargo door failed.

by whatilearned November 15, 2021, 5:30 am

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Crow deaths

by cringeyjokesman November 11, 2021, 3:13 pm

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TIL about the 2015 Mina stampede that caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 people, suffocated or crushed during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca.

by whatilearned November 9, 2021, 1:00 pm

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TIL that the sirens from Greek mythology were never said to be beautiful, or even mermaids. Instead, they were strange human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the future.

by whatilearned November 7, 2021, 10:06 pm

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TIL the Holodomor reached its peak in June 1933, with 30,000 deaths from starvation a day. Furthermore, the life expectancy of a Ukrainian man was as low as 7.3 years.

by whatilearned November 7, 2021, 6:43 pm

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TIL about the infamous 1986 FBI Miami shootout. A small group of field agents for the FBI attempted to apprehend William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt, which resulted in 4 deaths and 5 injuries. The whole event reads like an action movie.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 7:49 pm

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TIL Sudden Adult Death Syndrome accounts for +/-500 deaths per year, deaths with no cause found at autopsy.

by whatilearned November 1, 2021, 3:30 pm

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TIL that Henry Smolinski and his company Advance Vehicle Engineers created a flying car called the AVE Mizar in 1973. On September 11th of that year, Smolinski and his counterpart Harold Blake crashed the vehicle on a test flight taking both of their lives. The project ended soon after their deaths.

by whatilearned October 21, 2021, 2:55 pm

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