Is it true more people are killed each tear by Champagne corks each year then are killed by sharks or lighting
490806
I don't know if champagne cork death statistics are kept. If not, there is no way to answer this question.  One thing that you should clarify, do you mean people getting hit with the cork from opening a champagne bottle, or some dimwit trying to swallow the cork and choking to death?
636600
It's not true; over 6 billion people are just too chaotic.  Really, you could say the same thing about cats or dogs, but both animals are prone to fight each other for territorial supremacy -- humans do the same, we're just more creative about what we're fighting over.  \n\nSee also: Sartre concluded in "No Exit" that "Hell is other people."  Or, as TISM pointed out in "Play Mistral for Me," to the key refrain of "you're only as good as your fans"...\n\n"So maybe we shouldn't hate Collingwood\nOr blame religion on J.C.\nOr marvel at all the racist kids\nWho love Public Enemy.\n...\nEach man kills the thing he loves:\nThe fisherman caught in his own net.\nIt's frightening that you deserve\nThe audience that you get."
558398
No. Maybe 40-50,000 at most. About the same number of people who are homicidal maniacs. There's a direct correlation because both are mental disorders.
361078
Tough one, but here it is according to the World fact Book 2005\n4 births each second of every day   almost 2 people die each second
1132296
I'm not, but it's ok. Many people get scared of the water. Overcome the fear and you'll get over it. Even if the beach had a chance of sharks, they live farrrrr into the ocean. Just make sure you have nothing shining on and no blood dripping at on your skin and you'll be ok. (I went into oceans where sharks live there. No accidents. :) )
575951
But it does! Surfers foolish enough to go out during storms are struck by lightning every year! (see links)\n\n1 in 17,400 people died by lightning strike, ! Much better odds than the lottery!\n\n2,000 people were struck on the coast of Florida last year.
1009995
Personally, too many. I worked in an upscale restaurant and most my wait staff was gay. A black waiter and a fine human, got it from his boyfriend. At a local club, the receptionist is dead. Two apartment dwellers we knew are both dead. One man I knew who was polite but into leather is dead along with a very close friend of mine. Leather man passed first, and then my friend moved in with another man and they are dead. A man who owned an Aviary is dead and he was nice. My second cousin in Florida is dead. I could go on and on. When I moved to Las Vegas, two men were dying. They are likely dead now in Washington (they both went to Seattle to die) and their liquid morpheine must has been awful but with the pain, what can you say. There is a woman I knew. A needle junkie. Gone along with her husband. They left an 8 year old daughter behind. Should I keep going? I think that's enough. I made a small dent of those who are gone from it. Oh, and the club owner died, too.
89291
I just saw on the Discovery Channel that they have created a shark repellant.  This is a device that omits a frequency that the shark dislikes.  A scubba diver attached this to his tank and then the swimmer pushed a button that released the frequency...I guess sharks do most stuff because of vibrations and frequency in the water...it's kinda like their eyes.\n\nAnyways, scientists are hoping to develope this further so they can get rid of nets along the coast <which kill sharks, dolphins, and turtles>.
77146
Yes. Approximately 100% of them over time. Or as Kinsey said 90% do the other 10% are liars.
471078
There are sharks in all seas and oceans aaround the world. \n\nThere are many species of sharks found in the Mediterranean, especially in the western and central Med - including Hammerheads and Great Whites. Unfortunately the numbers of these sharks, of all sharks in the med, are in great decline and in many areas the numbers are close to non-existent. The culprit for this is commercial fishing (for blackfinn tuna and swordfish - both as a result of being caught in netsAND having their natural food sources depleted, in some cases to extinction - bluefin tuna became extinct in the Med in the 1940's)and, ironically enough, tourism. Especilly around Croatia in the late 90's there were several 'Jaws Tours'operating. The 'chumming' undertaken to attract sharks obviously attracted sharks into tourist areas which resulted in the culling of many, many sharks so as not to endanger tourism!\n\nSo, yes, there are sharks in the Med but I wouldn't be put of swimming in the Med as shark attacks here are almost non existent. Between 1508 and 2004 therewere a total of 38 shark attacks in European/Mediterranean waters. 18 of which were fatal with the last reported fatal shark attack being in 1984.  \n\nBut please get your friend to put the possibility of shark attack into persective. WORLDWIDE shark attacks between 1508 and 2004 totalled 1,986 of which 486 were fatal - in almost 500 YEARS! More people have been killed by deers running into their cars than by sharks!
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Yep. Dolphin attacks on humans are about as common as shark attacks. The difference is that dolphin attacks are very rarely serious enough to require hospitalisation and never fatal. As a result people know that sharks are prone to attacking humans but largely ignorant of dolphin attacks on people.\n\nIt's amazing how many people believe that dolphins won;t attack people.\n\n\nIn the past few months there have been reports of dolphins “attacking” humans that have come to interact with them. The latest are those of a 12 year old girl, a 34 year old woman, a 26 year old mother of two, and a 10 year old boy. All of these victims were not seriously injured, but were very frightened by their experience.\n\nDolphins, as well as other mammals, have a natural instinct regarding eating, mating, and social interaction. By humans coming into the world of dolphins they may interrupt the dolphins routine. This may be distressing to the dolphins, which may show this by attempting to get the human to flee, as they would with anything else they see as a threat.\n\n Further damaging a reputation tarnished by reports of violence, a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida bit a 14-year-old French tourist who tried to pet it this week. The girl, who was swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway near Nokomis, Fla., suffered only minor cuts and bruises. She was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.\n\nWhile this attack certainly wasn’t fierce, local whale and dolphin experts say it may serve to accelerate a changing view of dolphins in the wild. The incident comes just months after an extensive report published in The New York Times cited similar occasions on which the seemingly friendly creatures display violence toward humans. In this case, 14-year-old Pricilla Jones was the unassuming victim. Witnesses say that Jones, a tourist from Paris, swam out to greet the dolphin and tried to pet it on the back. In response, the dolphin thrashed around in the water around her, biting her on the hand.
464741
Oh sure then.\nAnd I'll tell you what...\nBetween weather changes and Global Warming, a substantial number of upheavals are occurring in the life styles of many species, some to their unfortunate extinction when they change patterns and can't survive within the changed environment anyway.\nMankind is both a blessing and a curse!
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280,000,000 to one\nACCORDING TO 'STORM DATA'... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUBLICATION... AN AVERAGE OF 87 LIGHTNING FATALITIES OCCURRED PER YEAR FROM 1959-1995. DUE TO UNDERREPORTING... THE FIGURES ARE MORE REALISTICALLY ABOUT 100-120 DEATHS PER YEAR. ONLY ABOUT 10% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUCK ARE KILLED... LEAVING 90% WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF DISABILITY.\nMy husband was struck in Nevada several years ago and only sustained burns.
598125
ok i know a lot of people who liked the taste of blood. some ppl are like that. as long as they don't catch aids or kill someone or hurt someone for pleasure they are ok. i guess
447514
Absolutely.  Too many people coming home from church were being killed by drunk drivers, so, once these laws were placed in effect, the numbers dropped dramatically.  If it is that big of a deal to some people, they can just buy some beer on Saturday.
922012
No. It's a myth, started in the 70s\n\nhttp://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/Content/ContentGroups/02_Articles/0ct-Dec02/How_Many_People_Have_Ever_Lived_on_Earth_.htm
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Alot, mostly from dehydration or a heart attack or stroke. I don't think hospitals have released official numbers but its not uncommon where I live to hear of someone dying from it.