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Some people like to live dangerously. They seek out adrenaline in everyday life and through extreme sports. Others prefer to stay safe and, preferably, on the ground. A study conducted in Britain found that 6 in 10 people think of themselves as 'risk-averse.' 69% of the respondents say they're afraid of the consequences those risks might have.

We all probably try to steer away from the things we know are dangerous. But how many unknown dangers are lurking around us? One Internet user was probably wondering the same when they decided to ask: "What's something most people don't realise will [unalive] you in seconds?"

People love morbid stuff on the Internet, so the thread quickly climbed to the top of Reddit's trending content and garnered over 16,000 replies. If you're prone to anxiety over your health, read at your own risk, Pandas!

#1

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are A family friend who taught me how to drive many many years ago told me you have to drive like everyone else on the road is an absolute idiot and has no idea what they're doing. I never forgot that.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Water. People often do not respect water and how it can quickly kill you.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are As a canadian let me just warn ya

**moose** 🫎

they’re much, MUCH larger and wickedly stronger than people think. for some reason people just don’t realize that these baddies are MASSIVE. psa: they are nowhere even *remotely close* to a deer!!

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#4

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Large herbivores. They've evolved defenses to make large predators rethink their life choices. They will mess you up.

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#6

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Hey, that small invertebrate you found by the sea?

Please leave it alone.

Went snorkeling with a guide a long time ago in some coral reefs. 

When we saw a shark, the guide was like "Nah, don't worry. They're chill." Then we saw a tiny purple jellyfish, and the guide was like "WHATEVER YOU DO, stay away from this thing, it'll paralyze you and then you'll drown."

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BoredBranzino
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A little over simplified. Meaning: Situational Awareness is key - wherever you may be. You don't want to bump into a Tiger Shark while frantically avoiding that purple jellyfish. Though I don't know how a guide would communicate all that while SNORKELING. Just be aware at all times, life isn't easy.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Moving water.

It's freaking dangerous. Water is heavy so when it's moving it has a lot of energy. It might not feel too bad walking through knee deep flowing water but if you fall the water will have more area to push on. You may not be able to get yourself on your feet again.

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#8

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Manipulations by chiropractors.
And if the manipulation doesn't kill you, it can certainly cause paraplegia or quadriplegia, vertebral dissections.
The sad part is that chiropractors will never own up to the fact and they'll actually claim that patients are coming in with an active stroke. Unfortunately a lot of their research is skewed. I would highly recommend looking into the American medical association, particularly neurologist to see the detrimental effects that a chiropractor can have. It's unfortunate how many people die secondary to a chiropractic manipulations - particularly in the neck and back.

For reference, I am a occupational therapist who has seen plenty of paraplegics and quadriplegics secondary to chiropractic injury.

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Pumpkinpi
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My aunt is paralyzed from a chiropractor. It was about 20 years ago and he moved her spine incorrectly and it messed her nerve up. She’s been in a wheelchair since.

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#9

Hippos. Put it this way: Steve freakin' Irwin was afraid of hippos! If something is so dangerous that the croc wrestler is scared of them you do not mess with it! 

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#10

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are So I was trying to look up a DIY mixture to remove mold/mildew recently. A surprising number of sources (including an AI tool) suggested mixing bleach and vinegar.

Rule of thumb. Never mix anything for cleaning, there are far too many chemical weapons that can accidentally be made.

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#11

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are The Great Lakes. Just this past weekend 4 people decided to go in the water near my house even though the beach was under red flag warning and high waves. 3 got pulled out by a Good Samaritan when they got in trouble. Three days later and coast guard and fire department still hasn’t found the body of the 4th one. Rip tides are real. Weather kicks up fast. The Great Lakes are huge and dangerous. This is not your local pontoon lake.

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#12

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Falling from regular standing height. My mom fell forward holding some groceries, got her arms out to brace her fall and still broke her wrist and jaw in multiple places. Grandma broke her hip just falling out of bed. Falling is dangerous

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BatPhace
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the falling part that's dangerous, it's the thing you land on that's the problem lol but yes, falling is dangerous

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Horses

we've lived with them for so long that unless you spend regular time around them, you don't know just how unbelievably dangerous they are. It's a good thing they're so stupid or we'd be f****d.

Movies have people believing they're these docile creatures that live to serve humans. Those are the ones that have been trained *extensively*. They are otherwise 1500 pounds of dumb panicky hair-trigger muscle.

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smolspeedycats
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Dumb panicky hair-trigger muscle" could also work for some humans, be careful out there lol

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#14

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Do not f**k with koalas they are capable of ending you. Having held one at Lone Pines, those adorable bastards have steak knives for hands and get scared of falling really easily.

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BeesEelsAndPups
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Squirrels. I once saw a kid chase a squirrel into a corner, and that squirrel jumped on his face and clawed him to bits. Kid was fine afterwards, but he'll have some scars to remember that day by.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Things under huge amounts of tension. Boat lines, garage door springs, various other cables or springs used in industrial settings. These can send you back to the character select in an instant.

Capacitors. Maybe most people don't interact with them, but for those that do (DIY electronics repairs), a typical PSU in a home computer have capacitors that can kill you. Shocking, I know.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These can send you back to character reset, best way of saying un alived I've heard

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Brake-checking a semi (you’d think it’d be obvious but nope).

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StrangeOne
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you see someone you think is speeding, just move aside and get out of the way. Let the police find them and fate make the determination how they'll learn their lesson. The road is the best place to mind your own business.

Sue User
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you want to speed, let me get out of the way. I am doing 60 in the fast lane ( when limit 55) and there is a car on my right. I am not goind to speed up to 80 to passthem faster to please you. Its my highway too.

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Turanga Leela
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do people brake-check at all? I'm serious, I don't get it.

FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because they think that they can dictate the rules of the road and in their opinion, they're driving fast enough and the guy behind them is the AH. If someone is on my àss, whether I'm driving 50mph or 80mph, I just move over and let them pass. Those who brake check are putting so many more lives at risk, when it isn't necessary at all, truly dangerous drivers.

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Colleen Glim
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

18 wheelers in general. A fully loaded semi weighs around 80000 pounds. These things do NOT stop on a dime and do NOT maneuver like a car. Always be respectful of that

Mistletoe
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No well trained 18 wheel driver will tailgate you. They know they can't stop. Only the newbies and just jerks will do that. (My husband is a trucker.)

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Lene
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These things need space. And if you see two trucks on the highway with plenty of space between them, do NOT place your car in that space. The drivers in the trucks have made that much space so they do not crash into eachother if they have to do a hard brake. If you are in between them during that hard brake, chances are you will not come out of that situation alive.

Steve Hall
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember that anything bigger than you has the right of way, no matter what the law says.

Charity Angel
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has always been my policy on the road. But I like to think I'm considerate, and also have a brain that still sort of works.

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Nikki Gross
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watched several videos on YouTube about this and I will NEVER get over people's stupidity or wonder if they have a death wish.

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Michael MacKinnon
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a basic physics thing here: for some reason people think really heavy things like a semi (or worse, like a 100-car freight train) can stop on a dime. Nope. You're lucky to stop the latter within a kilometre or two.

BoredBranzino
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ANY Big Rig, whether empty or loaded -- which any random car driver would never know. It STILL weighs exponentially more than YOU. Don't eff around and find out

Nikki Gross
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I drive a compact car that is also 17 years old, so pretty much just about every other vehicle on the road is bigger and faster then me. I KNOW that if something happens I will lose! I drive defensively and always let other people have the right of way, even when they are wrong, since it's not worth my life to try to prove they're being an a*****e. I give Semi Trucks a wide berth and try to be as courteous as possible when I have to be around them. One of my BILS drove a semi for years and the stories he would tell would curl your hair when it comes to the stupidity of other drivers. Brake checking, cut offs, tail gating, etc are just a few things that he's seen while on the road and it gets even worse in any type of bad weather.

Charity Angel
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it terrible that my first thought there was "my hair could do with something to make it behave and curl properly"? (I have curly hair, it's just being lazy because I'm not currently up to looking after it properly)

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censorshipsucks
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, don't forget the vortex of the wake around a semi. Basically as you pass it, or it passes you, it will "suck" you towards it because it has a low pressure area in its wake. You may think you can zoot past it but you may end up ploughing into it.

Charity Angel
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell you what, though - you can also ride the slipstream. I got caught in a terrible storm one evening, so it was safer to just cruise along with the trucks than zip past them. I might have been travelling at 30mph for 200 miles, on a road with a speed limit of 70, but my fuel efficiency was *amazing*.

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Griffy
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It takes longer for air brakes to kick in than hydraulic brakes. Source: Many years ago I took CDL training.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Next time you drive next to one, look under the trailer and see where you're eye line is. The vast majority of underride crashes are fatal. 30mph can literally shear the top off a car and take your head right with it.

FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happened in my local area this morning. A woman driving a sedan slammed into the back of a semi on an offramp from the highway. Not sure if she's going to survive, small news article just said serious injuries and they were rushed to a trauma center. I have a legit fear that a big truck won't see me and I'll end up underneath it, somehow. So I always use caution around them.

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Hippopotamuses
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could someone clarify what brake checking is? I'm guessing its slamming on the brakes to make sure they work?

Ladedah
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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kind of... except more like slamming on the brakes because the person behind you is riding your a*s too close...

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Salty_Sasquatch
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why the dickens would anyone brake-check a semi?? I know it keeps happening (Youtube). Are you doing it for the insurance money? Why chance offing yourself?? Those suckers are huge and heavy and will mow you down when they can't stop in time.

Gary Geracci
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brake checking a Semi(Lets see, that's 80,000 vs.2,800 LBS-)Who's gonna win!

Vicki Perizzolo
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cutting off any vehicle ia stupid but something that weighs 30 tons and can't stop ia darwinism at its best

Seadog
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you wouldn't believe how many actually think that 80000 pound rig running 70 is supposed to slow down and let them merge. Doesn't work that way even for passenger cars, it's not the other drivers job to slow down for you. A lesson some woman learned when she tried to run the on ramp to the end then cut in front of my son. She didn't win her little race and neither did her Kia. Broad side pushed her down the interstate until he could get stopped and then she had the gall to tell the trooper he wouldn't let her over and she didn't know he was pulling a load, She literally rode right beside the trailer for half the on ramp before deciding to try and outrun him. Multiple witnesses took car of her little lie real quick. Took her insurance (State Farm) 6 months to pay for the damages to his rig. And then they still short changed him.

Just-4-2day
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also don't camp in the left lane. Pass and then move back over to the right.

Melinda Flick
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of tiny people with terrible tempers drive the roads. My rule when somebody is being an idiot is to let them go by. I want them out in front where I can see them. And while I might tap my horn to stop somebody from hitting me, it's a tap, not a seconds long blare. I drive an SUV, not a train. I'm gonna lose that battle sooner or later, so be polite.

Puppy Dancing!
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brake checking is done when people are following so close you can't see their headlights and it should never be done so you actually slow down. A semi cannot get within 17-23 feet of you because then they can't see you. So if you are brake checking a semi, get off the road, you are an anxious driver, there is no way the semi was that close.

Mistletoe
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never mind. I figured it out from other comments. I gather it means touching your brakes so the car behind you will back off a bit.

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Verena
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just last week I had a short-sighted motorcyclist behind me, who dedparately tried to read the fine print on my number plate. I was a bit over the speed limit but made some room to the left ... and he passed and even thanked me (foot gesture means "thanks" here). Seriously??? He did fit full prejudice mode, though. Blaring motor (see me? See meeee! Look at meeeee!), seating position, clothing... But at least he got the idea somebody took him serious.

Happy Onion
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are enough karma videos on YouTube. Just let them become one WAY ahead of you.

Lew k
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No a semi driver but I drive a 10 ton bucket truck. I don't get brake checked much but people cut me off to turn immediately in front of me constantly. It's literally a daily event. If you're this person stop please. It's silly dangerous. My truck takes 4 times the distance to stop as your Civic. All it takes is me looking away for a second and when I hit your compact car I'll barely feel it and you will probably get crushed. Fault won't the big problem and I don't want that on my conscience.

censorshipsucks
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

P=mV. If your car is one ton and a semi is 15 tons, and you are travelling at 100km/h and he's travelling at 80km/h, your momentum is 1 x 27,88 m/s or 27.88 kg⋅m/s. 15 tons at 80 km/h = 15 x 22.22 = 333.33 kg⋅m/s. He has 10x the inertia you do, so when he hits you, basically you will go flying forward. We can even calculate HOW far forward if we assume you go airborne.

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I stopped two German or Austrian tourists from touching a poisonous frog in Colombia. They had no idea. They were inches away with their phones.

I hadn't spoken German in years, but man my panic reaction brought those words to the tip of my tongue real fast.

Don't mess with wildlife, especially outside your own habitat.

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#18

A motorcycle. Crashed my Harley and have had 3 spinal surgeries, had 7 broken ribs, torn rotator cuffs....if I hadn't been wearing my helmet (which I didn't for years trying to be a tough guy/ idiot) I probably wouldn't be writing this. Helmet was scraped down to the inner layer.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Maternal hemorrhage. I am routinely shocked by expectant mothers who want to give birth at home, arguing that they can always transfer to the hospital "if there's a problem." No, no they can't. If the wrong type of bleeding begins, they'll be dead before the ambulance gets there.

Edit: as noted below, in some countries, certified nurse midwives attend home births with medications they can use to treat hemorrhage. However that is NOT the case in the US, where insurance requirements mean that most CNMs must be attached to hospitals. In many American states, "midwife" is not a restricted term, so self-described midwives with no qualifications at all get hired to attend home births. The results are a fairly predictable higher mortality rate for home births vs. hospital births in America.

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David
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES. I watched my daughter almost bleed out giving birth. And she was in a hospital. A lot of worried looking nurses and doctors coming and going for a while. They finally got it stopped, she was pale and super weak but was lucky. She and her sister were home births. We were poor, it was affordable, everything went fine. But if I knew all I know now back then, I probably would have been afraid to do home birth.

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#20

The heat, it is too damn hot.

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#21

Grapefruit. It interacts with a *ton* of medication.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also Seville oranges, limes, pomelos and maybe pomegranate. Here's the list (PDF) https://www.cmaj.ca/content/suppl/2012/11/26/cmaj.120951.DC1/grape-bailey-1-at.pdf

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Cat bites. Their teeth are very thin like needles, and oftentimes after a deep puncture, the top layer of skin closes leaving infection trapped inside from all the bacteria in their mouths. If you ever get bitten by a cat, go to urgent care asap for antibiotics. Even if it seems fine at first. Waiting even just a few days can lead to sepsis (blood infection) which can be deadly.

I work in veterinary medicine, and one of my coworkers almost lost her hand from a cat bite infection.

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Pumpkinpi
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! When we were children my sister got bit by a cat. She did not want to get in trouble with our parents so she washed and bandaged it without telling anyone. Two days later she was in the hospital on an IV because of blood poisoning!

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#23

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Enclosed spaces. Don't assume it's the air you're used to down there.

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#24

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Inhaling too much helium.

I worked at a party store and we had someone rent a helium tank. We rented them by the week and then every week after there was a charge done to your card immediately. After 3 months we got a call from the renter's daughter asking if we could please stop charging her father's card. He had used the helium tank commit [self-harm] the day he rented the tank and we had charged him over $1,500 in the 3 months since.

It became a huge thing where we had to actively tell people once you fill your lungs completely with helium that the avioli can no longer process oxygen correctly. So while it's all fun and games to have that squeaky voice one super deep breath can end your life.

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Bec
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll stop charging when you return the tank. Helium is a limited resource, we should really stop using it to fill stupid balloons that end up polluting or worse

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#25

Pushing someone.

My friend’s father got into a verbal altercation with someone. They pushed him. He fell and hit his head on the pavement. Lights went out immediately and he was brain dead. They had to take him off life support not even 12 hours later. So sad every time I think about it. He was a good man.

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#26

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Fistfight. One wrong punch and you’re in prison for killing a dude.

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#27

Selfies in high places.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Rust. If you run into a hole in the ground with rusty stuff inside, that does not get good ventilation. Dont go in. Rust is iron combined with oxygen. And it can eat all of the oxygen in the air. And fun fact, your body cant tell how much oxygen is in the air, but does sense carbon dioxide is there. So you dont know you are going until you are dead.

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BeesEelsAndPups
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I see a rusty hole in the ground, my inclination is not to go inside. But thank you for the warning.

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#29

Running across the street and assuming the car sees you and will stop.

Just wait for the light.

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StrangeOne
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never just assume drivers care about your life. It could be your right to cross and their obligation to stop, but that doesn't mean they'll comply. Hold your hand out to indicate you're cross, look at the driver, look back for any vehicles wanting to turn onto the street your crossing from behind you, look for any cars not slowing down in every lane.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Carbon Dioxide.

People have died playing with dry ice.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What happens is that high concentrations of CO2 cause your blood to absorb CO2 instead of oxygen. Since normal Oxygen levels are 21% and CO2 levels are 0.03%, the blood loses CO2 to the atmosphere and absorbs oxygen. However, if CO2 levels are too high, blood starts binding CO2 instead of oxygen, and we suffocate at the cellular level, even though oxygen levels are high enough. When CO2 is around 4% of the atmosphere, it can kill you, even if oxygen remains at 21%.

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Hi I’m in EMS.

Please wash your hands before you eat stuff, so many people come in contact with so many other people who have illnesses that can be contracted by eating with unclean fingers. Even if you’ve been around people you know all day you never know who they’ve been around, and sometimes it’s not even illnesses rather random germs AND I KNOW THIS IS OBVIOUS TO SOME PEOPLE but next time you see a local EMS crew eating food with their funny colored gloves on it’s because we’ve made a habit even if we hadn’t run any calls that day.

Of course if you aren’t in healthcare you’re not being exposed to as much but sometimes you need a reminder just how dirty the outside world really is lmao.

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Pittsburgh rare
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wash your hands as soon as you get home is also good advice. Mind blowing how many people discovered hand washing during COVID

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#33

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Garage door springs. let a pro fix it. Mine snapped a bunch of years ago and it tore a 3 foot long hole in my garage door in a fraction of a second.

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#34

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Inhalents. I tried them once in high school. 2 weeks later a kid at another school died from using them THE FIRST TIME.

A couple weeks after that, I was offered them again. I told them f**k no and asked if they hadn't heard about the dead kid. They looked at me and seriously replied, "Oh yeah, it's okay. He used the wrong brand. He used the blue bottle, instead of the purple bottle.".

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother used them in high school and he’s dumb af now, they definitely kill brain cells

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Carbon monoxide. well, minutes, but still.. it's odorless and colorless. most likely, you won't even know.

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An allergic reaction to something you have been exposed to countless times before.

My mom was in her 40s when she suddenly had a reaction to a bee sting and almost died.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Indeed. My sister was a huge fan of seafood and ate it all the time until she was 19 or so when out of nowhere anaphylaxis, a trip to the hospital and a fun application of chest paddles. It happened at least once more before it was agreed that she was now deathly allergic.

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#37

Entering or falling into a septic tank. Deaths are often not isolated to one person, but also the people who come in after in an attempt to rescue them.

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#38

Not looking right and left when crossing a street.

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Brian Droste
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or even when driving. Once you look one way then the other way, look back toward the first way again. Even though it might only take a second or less to turn your head, still something can come from the other side real quick.

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Hitting your head against a wall.

There's a pretty famous story about a basketball player who missed a shot, got annoyed and headbutted (if I remember correctly) the post the hoop is attached to.

Didn't kill him but paralysed him from the neck down for life.

People do die from doing this, I've seen people get mad and headbut something 100 times, but do it wrong once and that's it, you're dead.

Edit: He made the shot but was called out got a foul so it didn't count, he died 13 years later. Someone has replied with a video link but... watch at your own discression, its not nice.

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3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boban Jankovic was his name. Found the vid: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-wjfxCmXdo&pp=ygUOQm9iYW4gamFua292aWM%3D

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#40

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Electricity, particularly involving overhead wires.

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David
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also static electricity. With high voltage lines you don't have to get anywhere close to touching them to get shocked. Once in my ignorant youth a friend and I climbed a high voltage line tower. We were only about half way up when we started getting shocked. We were FAR from the actual lines. Obviously it was not the full shock of the lines. But it was enough to maybe make someone lose their grip and fall and we were high enough up for the fall to have maybe killed us. If you have been around farms - think about the level of shock from an electric fence.

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I would venture to say most people realize what can kill you instantly but less commonly discussed would be dehydration. 


Yes you can die within seconds from it. 


Heart failure is what gets you and if you are already primed for a heart attack due to either unhealthy habits or genetics, dehydration can kill you in seconds. Some drop dead of a widow maker right there on the spot. 


Dehydration truly is a gamble so be cautious with it. Happens a lot in the summer months as people pick up alcohol and energy drinks instead of electrolytes. .

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't wait til you're thirsty to drink water. By then, you're already on your way to dehydration. Also, if you find yourself drinking tons of water but never feeling quenched, get some electrolytes. You need salt to replace what is lost in sweat and urine. When sodium levels are too low, water moves into cells and causes them to swell, which can cause a whole range of symptoms, including death. Hyponatremia is real. Hydrate your cells, don't drown them. 😉

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Those green transformer boxes found in people's yards. I've seen so many people sitting on them, climbing them, standing on them, playing on them. Those things transport thousands of volts of electricity and it only takes one second to receive the electric chair treatment.

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Alice Landers
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? Ours have warning painted on them, even warning to keep 'plantings/shrubs' within so many feet away

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are A ruptured aneurysm can kill you in seconds. It's often sudden and without warning, making it extremely dangerous and usually fatal if not treated immediately.

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John Mosley
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it can happen to anyone of any age or level of fitness at any time. Sleep tight!

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A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Poorly designed and manufactured submarines. Milliseconds actually.

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#46

Anyone who works in a shop (hopefully) knows this… but compressed air. Not an uncommon thing for you to use it to blow metal shavings or other debris off your clothes after you’re done working, but if you have even a small cut somewhere and you get the air gun too close you can put an air bubble in your blood stream which will kill you the moment it passes through your heart. From what I’ve been told it is very painful and only takes a few seconds.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dad got a metal shaving in his eye from cleaning something off with his compressor. Fortunately no damage done but it hurt like hell, eye doctor got it out with a strong magnet

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Using a massage gun on your neck...

>*While handheld massage guns are generally safe to use on muscles, using them on the neck can be dangerous. The high vibrations produced by massage guns can injure unprotected areas of the neck, and in rare cases, can cause soft tissue damage or stroke-like symptoms.*.

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#48

Eating polar bear liver. You’ll die of vitamin A poisoning. Vitamin A is not water soluble and eating too much can lead to painful symptoms and death. One polar bear liver has enough to kill over 50 adults.

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If you get hit in the chest at a specific part of the heart's cardiac rhythm, dead. If you accidentally massage your carotid and have a vagal sensitivity, dead. If you have a genetic predisposition for certain arrhythmias and get startled, dead. The heart is a tricksy thing 


Eta this is very rare. However, if you have any family members who have died unexpectedly and young and have a history of fainting for no reason get an EKG asap. .

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#50

Scuba diving. You lose track of time. Stay down a minute too long. That's it.

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BoredBranzino
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not true. Regulators tell one EXACTLY the time you have left 'breathing thru them" If you're too dumb to look at them and track the time, then you deserve it - and even if you caught it at the late moment, you could still take that last breath and exhale to the surface.

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