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TIL of all youth sports, baseball has the highest fatality rate

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 12:18 am

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TIL one of the first casualties in the construction of the Hoover dam was John Tierney, who drowned on December 20, 1921. Then exactly 14 years later on December 20, 1935, the job site suffered its last fatality when a worker fell off an intake tower. That man was Patrick Tierney, John‘s only son.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 2:22 pm

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TIL British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew suffered a 44% fatality rate in WWII. By 1943, only 1 in 40 would survive two tours (30 missions per tour).

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 9:32 pm

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TIL Massachusetts — famous for its bad drivers and bad roads — has the lowest road fatality rate of any state

by whatilearned April 20, 2022, 11:40 pm

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TIL Underwater welding is a highly paid occupation that doesn’t require time, resources, or a university degree, but has the highest fatality rate of any job at 15%. Underwater welders face risks including decompression sickness, hypothermia, drowning, and electrocution.

by whatilearned December 1, 2021, 10:14 am

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TIL of the 1994 San Marino grand prix. An Austrian driver, Roland Ratzenberger, died during the qualification stage. During the race, Ayrton Senna crashed and died while he was in the lead. A new set of safety standards were introduced and the next Formula One fatality would only occur in 2014.

by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 6:07 pm

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TIL In 1967 Michael J. Adams (Maj USAF) flew an X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles and qualified as an astronaut according to the U.S. definition of the boundary of space. Moments later the craft broke apart, killing Adams and destroying the X-15-3. He was the first American space mission fatality.

by whatilearned October 31, 2021, 12:36 am

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TIL that 112 people died during the construction of the Hoover Dam, and the last documented fatality was the son of the first documented fatality

by whatilearned October 16, 2021, 10:32 pm

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WW2 Eastern Front fatality ratios between Axis and Soviet Union

by HistoryBuff August 18, 2021, 12:52 pm

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CDC Confirms First U.S. Swine Flu Death The CDC today confirmed the first fatality from H1N1 swine flu in the U.S. — a 22-month-old Mexican child who died in Texas.

by DailyHealthNews July 12, 2021, 12:23 am

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CDC: 100,000+ in U.S. Have Flu, Half Have Swine Flu A CDC expert says over 100,000 Americans likely have the flu as 22 states report widespread or regional flu activity. Meanwhile, an Arizona woman is the fourth U.S. swine flu fatality.

by DailyHealthNews July 11, 2021, 4:00 pm

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H1N1 Swine Flu Deadly in All Age Groups H1N1 swine flu isn't always severe, but when it's bad, it's really bad. Patients hospitalized with pandemic flu have an 11% fatality rate, California data suggest.

by DailyHealthNews July 8, 2021, 7:21 pm

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