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Old 10-20-2017, 11:13 AM   #1747
David Johnston2
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phase_Shifter View Post
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.
Unless of course I actually swim in the ocean on a daily basis. Then my money's on the sharks. Or the jellyfish of course.

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