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4:09p, 2/4/16
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http://www.knowable.com/a/30-shocking-things-about-death-and-dying-that-may-surprise-you?utm_content=inf_10_3136_2&tse_id=INF_ebdf12681865452abef8bd3005423f61
80% of all Soviet males born in 1923 died in World War II.
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4:11p, 2/4/16
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toucan is not amused
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4:11p, 2/4/16
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21. In London, it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

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4:15p, 2/4/16
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Pretty sure this is true

22. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die.
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In reply to Atreides Ornithopter • 4:19p, 2/4/16
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Pretty sure this is true

22. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die.
Blondes and Brunettes as well.
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In reply to Atreides Ornithopter • 5:58p, 2/4/16
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Pretty sure this is true

22. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die.


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In reply to Atreides Ornithopter • 6:01p, 2/4/16
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Pretty sure this is true

22. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die.


Do they not?!
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6:31p, 2/4/16
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24. There's a "Rent a Mourner" service in the UK to fill your funeral with fake friends.


Here
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In reply to Human • 6:37p, 2/4/16
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24. There's a "Rent a Mourner" service in the UK to fill your funeral with fake friends.


Here


Your check bounced
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10:44a, 2/5/16
Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.

What the?
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10:51a, 2/5/16
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If you want to really blow your mind:

A 'factoid' is actually defined as a piece of unreliable information that is spread and repeated so often that it eventually believed.

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In reply to dcAg • 11:06a, 2/5/16
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Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.

Which makes the case that DDT was possibly the greatest medical breakthrough in modern history.
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In reply to AZAggie • 11:09a, 2/5/16
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Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.

Which makes the case that DDT was possibly the greatest medical breakthrough in modern history.
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11:13a, 2/5/16
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I'm left handed
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2:27a, 2/6/16
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Little tiddlybit I just learned.

USA PATRIOT Act is in fact, an acronym.

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

Never knew that.
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3:29a, 2/6/16
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12. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks per hour


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In reply to Atreides Ornithopter • 3:32a, 2/6/16
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Pretty sure this is true

22. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turn into vampires when they die.


Further proof that gingers have no souls.
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2:25p, 2/6/16
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29. Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.
So I didn't believe this one, seems pretty outlandish. But Nature and National Geographic produced the studies. We've certainly made progress over the past decade, but when you see deaths by Malaria by year, it was on the way out until DDT was outlawed. Then Malaria had a resurgence. Millions of lives would have been saved by the use of DDT.
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In reply to dcAg • 2:34p, 2/6/16
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Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.

What the?


40% of those who have ever lived did not survive beyond their first birthday.
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In reply to Pro Sandy • 3:29p, 2/6/16
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29. Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.
So I didn't believe this one, seems pretty outlandish. But Nature and National Geographic produced the studies. We've certainly made progress over the past decade, but when you see deaths by Malaria by year, it was on the way out until DDT was outlawed. Then Malaria had a resurgence. Millions of lives would have been saved by the use of DDT.


Nice work liberals. As usual.
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In reply to Pro Sandy • 3:38p, 2/6/16
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Loved Jake the Snake and the DDT! The only heel I can remember in all my years of watching Mid-South Wrestling who had his own t-shirt for sale.
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In reply to dcAg • 3:43p, 2/6/16
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Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.


More than Cecil B. DeMille?
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In reply to Pro Sandy • 7:35p, 2/7/16
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29. Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.
So I didn't believe this one, seems pretty outlandish. But Nature and National Geographic produced the studies. We've certainly made progress over the past decade, but when you see deaths by Malaria by year, it was on the way out until DDT was outlawed. Then Malaria had a resurgence. Millions of lives would have been saved by the use of DDT.


Rachel Carson has quite a legacy.
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7:49p, 2/7/16
who cares about the lives of poor people if it means we can stop Big Pesticide from making money?
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In reply to Ag with kids • 8:57p, 2/7/16
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12. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks per hour


That's just under 100MM sharks per year. I call BS.
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In reply to $240 Worth of Pudding • 8:58p, 2/7/16
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12. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks per hour


That's just under 100MM sharks per year. I call BS.


Maybe they mean per Liucci hour
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8:59p, 2/7/16
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Tse Tse flies are murderous bass turds.
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In reply to $240 Worth of Pudding • 9:00p, 2/7/16
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12. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks per hour


That's just under 100MM sharks per year. I call BS.


You're right. That's not NEARLY enough!
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In reply to Pro Sandy • 11:13p, 2/7/16
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But it's possible that ddt might thin the shells of some birds in some cases...
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In reply to Pro Sandy • 7:03a, 2/8/16
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About 80 million die every year from malaria. Works out to about 2.5 deaths a second. It would all be stopped along with the zika virus if DDTwas allowed to be used again.
"Trust me, I'm a scientist"

"A liberal with a pen is a true weapon of mass destruction"
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In reply to $240 Worth of Pudding • 8:36a, 2/8/16
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12. Sharks kill 12 people per year while humans kill 11,417 sharks per hour


That's just under 100MM sharks per year. I call BS.


I automatically assume people using the old roman numeral notations for thousand and million are involved in finance.
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In reply to Geralt of Rivia • 10:08a, 2/8/16
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Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who have ever lived.

Which makes the case that DDT was possibly the greatest medical breakthrough in modern history.

I can always count on you, every day, for a well placed and appropriately time wrestling gif. Well done.
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10:18a, 2/8/16
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The creator of the Pringles packaging had his ashes stored in a Pringles can after he died.
Seems appropriate.
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11:13a, 2/8/16
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Eradicate malaria and other bugs by eradicating the mosquitoes and some other vector will step up and just take its place.
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In reply to B-1 83 • 11:30a, 2/8/16
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The creator of the Pringles packaging had his ashes stored in a Pringles can after he died.
Seems appropriate.

Originally the Pringles factory was intended to manufacture tennis balls, but their first shipment of rubber got screwed up and they were sent trucks full of potatoes instead. The GM decided, **** it, cut up and fry the potatoes and stick them in the cans. The rest is history.
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