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Old 10-19-2017, 10:19 AM   #1744
Phase_Shifter
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Opelika, AL
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
Actual saboteurs/serial killers/serial arsonists/big old man eating animals are another thing, but they can get spun up into a panic.
Just a reminder:

Fatal shark attacks vs bubonic plague deaths, 2010-2015
Code:
Year  #fatal shark attacks    #bubonic plague deaths
2011    13 
2012     7 
2013    10 
2014     3 
2015     6 
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total    39                           584
Total
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fi...ghest-attacks/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs267/en/

You're about 15 times more likely to die from a flea bite than a shark bite.
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