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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.

el_monstruo , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

216points

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"Disembodied voice" 4 months ago

Please stay out of flood water. Yes, I'm serious.

72points

madeleinetwocock , Pixabay/Pexels Report

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!!

Final score:

196points

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Samsquatch & Monko 4 months ago

Canadian geese

60points

broccoli_octopus , FUTURE KIIID/Pexels Report

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.

Final score:

187points

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Samsquatch & Monko 4 months ago

Also elephants are quite intelligent

60points

Edward_the_Dog , Norma Mortenson/Pexels Report

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are Texting while driving.

Final score:

181points

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xX_iced_vanilla_latte_Xx 4 months ago

this is so bad its now illegal where i live

67points

SketchtheHunter , Leonid Danilov/Pexels Report

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."

Final score:

170points

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BoredBranzino 4 months ago

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.

32points

straighttoplaid , Nicolas DeSarno/Pexels Report

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.

Final score:

165points

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lwolf1952 4 months ago

Dropping a gallon of water on your foot will give you some idea.

52points

leahmat , Karolina Kaboompics/Pexels Report

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.

Final score:

165points

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Pumpkinpi 4 months ago

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.

79points

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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!

Final score:

163points

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Hippopotamuses 4 months ago

We resent that. We're just misunderstood.

132points

Sea_Risk_2637 , Nothing Ahead/Pexels Report

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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.

Final score:

160points

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BarkingSquirell 4 months ago

I swear by baking soda and vinegar as my sole cleaners.

61points

#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.

cvanaver , Marta Wave/Pexels Report

Final score:

157points

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BoredBranzino 4 months ago

Any. Body. Of. Water. Be respectful. Don't press your luck.

65points

bellebutterfield , cottonbro studio/Pexels Report

#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

Final score:

156points

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BatPhace 4 months ago

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

40points

Maanzacorian , Helena Lopes/Pexels Report

#13

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.

Final score:

150points

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smolspeedycats 4 months ago

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

125points

#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.

marblmf , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

132points

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BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

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.

60points

Michael Largey 4 months ago

Earlier we were warned against Bullwinkle. Now Rocky.

15points

Russell Bowman 4 months ago

Never chase anything,feral or tame, into a corner

14points

Kathrin Pukowsky 4 months ago

I'm still waiting for that horror movie with a mutant giant squirrel that can crack skulls like nuts, and its furball army.

8points

Nikki Gross 4 months ago

One of my Besties growing up always referred to squirrels as tree rats and HATED them. The first time she saw a flying squirrel she flipped out because now the "goddamn things have f*****g wings" and referred to them as flying rats after that. 😂😂

8points

Eostar 4 months ago

We once trapped squirrels that were trying to get into our garage. Once trapped the squirrel would reach out a front leg and try to grab you, like a deranged serial killer. It WANTED to get it's claws on me and my dog

7points

B Jones 4 months ago

Imagine having those scars and people ask like did you take on a wild dog or mountain lion? And you're like...no.... squirrel.

5points

Ursula Mehlmann 4 months ago

so it is right, i hope the brat learned the lesson

2points

BossyHossy1 Premium 4 months ago

Too many ER triages begin with "and I chased it into the corner." Wild or domesticated animals, heck, out-of-control humans, nobody likes having their only way out blocked. If you are that block, then be prepared!!

2points

Danish Susanne 4 months ago

If you chase some animal (or human) into a corner, you have only yourself to blame for the result.

1point

Paul C. 4 months ago

Heard a high pitch squealing, looked in garden, lovely squirrel had got his two front teeth stuck on the wire of the peanut holder and was hanging from it. I rushed out and thought if I took the weight off his body he could dislodge the wire. He did and immediately sank those teeth clean through the fleshy part of my palm by my thumb. Oh yeah, and wouldn't let go! After jumping up and down and shaking my hand a lot, it let go. Oh how the nurse laughed as she gave me a Tetanus shot!

14points

Ample Aardvark 4 months ago

My pet degu (a rodent) sunk his teeth on me - not his fault, his was very ill and I was trying to hold him still for the vet to examine - and it went right to the bone like I was made of butter. No wonder rodents can chew through metal!

13points

Glitterati 4 months ago

Australian here. We spread a bit of Vegemite on ourselves to ward off the koalas. Since the great koala attack of 1976 where 89 children on an excursion to Goodonya forest were viciously hunted down and clawed to death by a pack of angry koalas we’ve learnt that this is the most effective repellent.

8points

Jill Rhodry 4 months ago

Vegemite works even better against drop bears like the one in the photo in @Hagebumi's comment thread

7points

Hagebumi 4 months ago

Google "Wet Koala".

7points

Bartlet for World Domination 4 months ago

Don't Google stuff when people tell you to, Bartlet! I never listen to myself. CDJbc-AWgA...18f00f.jpg

11points

Jude Bennett 4 months ago

Koalas will also pee on you and it stinks.

6points

rullyman 4 months ago

And they have chlamydia!

7points

M Kovacs 4 months ago

Beware the Drop Bears

3points

Tracy Sellars 4 months ago

Basically anything furry in Australia stay the F away from.

2points

Terri Johnson 4 months ago

I had to study up on drop bears, thank you.... https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/australia-drop-bears-history-intl-hnk/index.html

2points

Kaelan Gras 4 months ago

and they also sound like clown horns

2points

Nikki Gross 4 months ago

Clown and horns are two words that should NEVER be put together!!

2points

Andrew Read 4 months ago

They also have a bad attitude and will urinate on you if annoyed.

1point

Kirsty Jackowski 4 months ago

The sounds they make during mating season. Sounds demonic

1point

Zaach 4 months ago

I was at "hold the koalas state park" they are not soft and cuddley - they are really strong

1point

Xenia Harley 4 months ago

Same with people who keep raccoons as pets! They are wild animals and can do damage! Had a friend who had parents that kept raccoons as pets get mauled by them. He had some nasty scars from them!

1point

Gary Geracci 4 months ago

The squirrels in my yard would take umbrage to that.They even like to be tickled!

0points

Shelly Graham 4 months ago

The majority of Koalas in the wild and captivity are infected with Chlamydia! Which is not a pretty sight! Having truly gross lesions,cysts and what is commonly referred to as "a wet Bottom" ! Good News this form of Chlamydia isn't the same as the one a human can contract. Unless you come into direct contact with an infected Koalas urine or feces and somehow injest it, you're in no danger of catching it from them!

0points

Seadog 4 months ago

If that's not enough, they also carry chlamydia

0points

EJN 4 months ago

Wild animals are wild. Leave them alone.

0points

Puppy Dancing! 4 months ago

Use a towel, never corner, cover.

0points

WJK1531 4 months ago

So true and you should hear the males growl when it’s mating time.

0points

eMp Tee 4 months ago (edited)

Lone Pine has recently stopped allowing visitors from holding koalas. You can pat but not hold. (as an aside, every time anyone mentions Lone Pine, I am reminded of Laural and Hardy singing "on the trail of the lonesome pine" https://youtu.be/qApsAPnoH7c

0points

Emily Kerkstra 4 months ago

and they can give you chlamydia

0points

brittany 4 months ago

dont koalas also have chlamydia?

0points

Elchinero 4 months ago

"ending"?

0points

JL 4 months ago

Good thing they sleep up to 20 hours a day.

0points

breakthro444 , Manel Cusido/Pexels Report

#15

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.

Final score:

131points

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LAWLAWLAW 4 months ago

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

121points

ohfuckthebeesescaped , CARLOSCRUZ ARTEGRAFIA/Pexels Report

#16

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).

Final score:

129points

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StrangeOne 4 months ago

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.

84points

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#17

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.

Final score:

125points

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AtMostAFabulist Premium 4 months ago

But, they're so cuuuuute!!!!

21points

#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.

iamprovidence666 Report

Final score:

120points

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Sexual Harassment Panda 4 months ago

It's not if but when on a motorcycle.

61points

#19

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.

thefuzzybunny1 , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

119points

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David 4 months ago

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.

55points

#20

The heat, it is too damn hot.

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Final score:

117points

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Binny Tutera 4 months ago

The deadliest form of severe weather is extreme heat.

42points

#21

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

mclovin_ts Report

Final score:

116points

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Bartlet for World Domination 4 months ago

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

34points

#22

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.

anorangehorse Report

Final score:

115points

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Pumpkinpi 4 months ago

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!

39points

LittleMsSavoirFaire , Ogy Kovachev/Pexels Report

#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.

Final score:

114points

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DebSue 4 months ago

Don't be the canary

74points

LucyVialli , Padli Pradana/Pexels Report

#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.

Final score:

112points

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Bec 4 months ago

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

151points

#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.

OranguTrang Report

Final score:

112points

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Hippopotamuses 4 months ago

This happens way too often.

26points

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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.

Final score:

110points

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John Mosley 4 months ago

Or you're dead. Just stop it.

69points

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#27

Selfies in high places.

Final score:

106points

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Mel Colley 4 months ago

Stupid stunts=stupid results.

60points

remes1234 , Miguel Á. Padriñán/Pexels Report

#28

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.

Final score:

101points

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BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

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

84points

#29

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

Just wait for the light.

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Final score:

95points

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StrangeOne 4 months ago

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.

31points

#30

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

People have died playing with dry ice.

clopticrp , KWON JUNHO/Unsplash Report

Final score:

93points

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Max Fox 4 months ago (edited)

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%.

36points

#31

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are One simple wrong move on the highway.

PolarBearChuck , Pixabay/Pexels Report

Final score:

92points

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"Disembodied voice" 4 months ago

Learned this the hard way

27points

#32

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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Final score:

88points

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Pittsburgh rare 4 months ago

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

69points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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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.

myspamhere , cottonbro studio/Pexels Report

Final score:

80points

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Robert Brozowski 4 months ago

Why is the photo of semi truck airlines?

57points

esoteric_enigma , Ellie Burgin/Pexels Report

#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.".

Final score:

79points

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Moë 4 months ago

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

41points

TemperatureTop246 , Pixabay/Pexels Report

#35

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.

Final score:

77points

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BarkingSquirell 4 months ago

Why detectors are so important.

38points

#36

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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Final score:

77points

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kissmychakram 4 months ago

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.

26points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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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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Final score:

75points

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The Shark Premium 4 months ago

What a horrific way to go...

37points

#38

Not looking right and left when crossing a street.

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Final score:

72points

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Brian Droste 4 months ago

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.

31points

Lew3032 , Karolina Kaboompics/Pexels Report

#39

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.

Final score:

69points

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Savahax 4 months ago (edited)

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

16points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#40

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

GuyInTheLifestyle , Andre Moura/Pexels Report

Final score:

68points

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David 4 months ago

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.

19points

#41

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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Final score:

67points

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The Shark Premium 4 months ago

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. 😉

37points

#42

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.

SMG329 , Robert So/Pexels Report

Final score:

64points

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Alice Landers 4 months ago

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

20points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#43

A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are A rogue brick on the highway.

Due_Interest6251 , Josh Sorenson/Pexels Report

Final score:

63points

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"Disembodied voice" 4 months ago

Rogue anything on the highway.

72points

UniqueBeauty29 , Anna Shvets/Pexels Report

#44

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.

Final score:

63points

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John Mosley 4 months ago

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

46points

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#45

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

Final score:

55points

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The Other Guest 4 months ago

Hmmm, wonder if this person had any particular sub in mind...

73points

#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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Final score:

52points

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Bec 4 months ago

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

29points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#47

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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Final score:

47points

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Savahax 4 months ago

Or, just don't use those oscillating deathguns at all

19points

#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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44points

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smolspeedycats 4 months ago

and....how likely am I to ever be eating polar bear liver?

87points

#49

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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Final score:

43points

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Nathaniel Heider 4 months ago

Im just Adding a comment, get your hearts checked!

18points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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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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38points

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BoredBranzino 4 months ago

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.

30points

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#51

Electricity. Most people respect it but don't realize how they're playing with their lives when doing things like taking off their nice shoes to check out the flooded basement. Or salvaging caps before properly discharging them. In 40 years I've known 2 people who've been electrocuted, and two others who were hospitalized.

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14points

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Bill Swallow 4 months ago

... See my comment for the item about 'things under a great deal of tension', which also mentioned Capacitors.

4points

#52

Working in oil and gas. More specifically in the field. Many workers forget the risks of their job and can become complacent. One thing goes wrong and you can be instantly dead. Whether that’s inhalation or a simple fire.

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13points

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Auntriarch 4 months ago (edited)

I was a secretary in an oil company once, the chief engineer was testing two student engineers and asked what they would do if one of them saw the other fall down unconscious. I butted in "run like fun in the other direction" and apparently that was the right answer, ie don't try to rescue anyone without your own breathing gear

8points

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#53

Air in the bloodstream.

Cut to the femoral artery in your leg. Though a lot of men have seen Band of Brothers.

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Final score:

11points

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#54

Nitrogen poisoning. It is odorless and scentless.

Edit: it's not exactly poisoning. More like asphyxiation.

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10points

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Max Fox 4 months ago

Since nitrogen makes up almost 80% of our atmosphere, it's hardly likely to think that it would be poisonous. Also, it's not too much nitrogen, it's not enough oxygen.

5points

#55

Topical Benadryl if you use too much. Or if you combine it with alcohol. I used it on vacation for mosquito bites and forgot. Had a drink of alcohol a while later. Fell asleep and was barely breathing.

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Final score:

10points

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Bec 4 months ago

I'm surprised a topical antihistamine would have such an impact! Sometimes I will only take 1/2 of a Benadryl pill because I am very affected by it, and they make me very drowsy - I would see how mixing that with alcohol could be very bad.

8points

#56

Though not many people have access to it, hydrogen fluoride or HF will kill you colder'n a mackerel of it gets into your bloodstream.

Flourosis of your bones is a nasty way to check out.

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Final score:

8points

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Jihana 4 months ago

Had to work with HF at a previous job. I knew it was dangerous so I wanted to write an SOP about how to handle it savely, so I did a litte bit of research. One paper mentioned that a chemical burn the size of a finger nail can kill you. The problem is not the acidity but the fact that HF binds calcium, which is needed in your nerves. So yeah, it's a potent neurotoxin.

2points

#57

Swimming in cold water. Even 15C or lower can kill in seconds due to shock.

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5points

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David 4 months ago

I think this is more about a sudden plunge, shocking the body. 15C is 59F. I've swum in water in the 40s, and many times colder than 59. But never just run and dive in. Things like inner tubing and rafting and a little bit just swimming. But all situations where at one point or another I was immersed.

7points

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BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

Some of these things are so unlikely they may as well have mentioned ACME Branded Anvils falling from the sky

31points

Joshua Moore 4 months ago

I bet Wile E. Coyote feels like quite the fool about now. 🥰🤣

16points

4 months ago

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned driving tired

29points

Dan Flo 4 months ago

Hydraulics. In one of my first customer support calls, the customer told me that they now have color coded hoses with pressure ratings because a few years earlier a guy connected a hose with 1400 bar burst pressure into a 1500 bar pump. The hose ruptured and a thin jet of hydraulic fluid cut through his body, killing him instantly. Even if you get the injection injury in your hand, you need to go to the hospital or you are done for. If you havnt eaten in a while, and is not easily disturbed, look up hydraulic injuries.

14points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Normally I’m the first off to Google stuff, but I’m just gonna take your word on this one. :p

8points

Colin Matthews 4 months ago

New Zealand. It's not an Eco-Disneyland for northern Hemisphere tourists. The water is cold enough to kill in minutes, the back country, the South Island and the alpine areas look nice, but wander along a trail without the right gear or knowing the weather and you WILL die of exposure.

6points

BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

Also, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and uruk hai.

2points

William Teach 4 months ago

I'm surprised no one mentioned blowing stop signs and red lights

3points

censorshipsucks 4 months ago

Yep I see a crash every week because idiots do that a lot in SA (my country). Basically only red lights, in the day, with a pre-existing queue, are respected. Outside those criteria, a lot of people jump them.

2points

christie lowe 4 months ago

Dont ever ever try to run across the lanes of a freeway. You will not make it and it will traumatize more people than you think

2points

The Other Ben 4 months ago

Going in against a Sicilian, when DEATH is on the line!

2points

Sand Ers 4 months ago

Iocane powder.

2points

Arlene Harris 4 months ago

do not load knives in the dishwasher pointy side up. If you grab them wrong you cut your hand. If you trip and fall on them, you become a cutlery block...

1point

Racing Tadpole 4 months ago

Stupid visiting Mother in Law using your toothbrush as it's the same colour as yours, even though I got her a separate container, severe tonsillitis and three days sick in bed. The cat 🐈 loved that I was running a high temperature and would wrap herself around my throat, then I'd move her back down to my stomach.

1point

Shane S 4 months ago

Well worn charger cables. A preteen girl in our community was charging her phone while taking a bath. Essentially dropped a toaster in the tub. Sad thing.

1point

Sand Ers 4 months ago

I haven’t seen an outlet in a bathroom that wasn’t a GFCI in a long long time.

1point

Amy Manzanares 4 months ago

When I was a kid, my brother and I were playing on a shed next door to my grandmother's house in Mesa. She came over screaming for us to get off of it. Apparently it was infested with scorpions!

1point

Arlene Harris 4 months ago

if you are using any kind of moving machinery, tie your hair back and out of the way. I saw a woman get scalped when a loose bunch of hair got pulled into a printing press. Don't ever take for granted that you can reach the emergency cut off switch in time.

0points

DC 4 months ago

... and how incredibly cool it makes you to use an oh-so-creative term for ending yourself. "It'll fück you hot and cold like a tuna's wings on leaded cocaine", uh, yeah, whatever...

0points

Steve Hall 4 months ago

So many of these sound to me like the person who gets involved with it deserves to meet their maker.

0points

Colin Matthews 4 months ago

Fair. Like who looks at a polar bear liver and thinks mmmmm yummy

2points

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BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

Some of these things are so unlikely they may as well have mentioned ACME Branded Anvils falling from the sky

31points

Joshua Moore 4 months ago

I bet Wile E. Coyote feels like quite the fool about now. 🥰🤣

16points

4 months ago

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned driving tired

29points

Dan Flo 4 months ago

14points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Normally I’m the first off to Google stuff, but I’m just gonna take your word on this one. :p

8points

Colin Matthews 4 months ago

6points

BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago

Also, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and uruk hai.

2points

William Teach 4 months ago

I'm surprised no one mentioned blowing stop signs and red lights

3points

censorshipsucks 4 months ago

2points

christie lowe 4 months ago

Dont ever ever try to run across the lanes of a freeway. You will not make it and it will traumatize more people than you think

2points

The Other Ben 4 months ago

Going in against a Sicilian, when DEATH is on the line!

2points

Sand Ers 4 months ago

Iocane powder.

2points

Arlene Harris 4 months ago

do not load knives in the dishwasher pointy side up. If you grab them wrong you cut your hand. If you trip and fall on them, you become a cutlery block...

1point

Racing Tadpole 4 months ago

1point

Shane S 4 months ago

Well worn charger cables. A preteen girl in our community was charging her phone while taking a bath. Essentially dropped a toaster in the tub. Sad thing.

1point

Sand Ers 4 months ago

I haven’t seen an outlet in a bathroom that wasn’t a GFCI in a long long time.

1point

Amy Manzanares 4 months ago

When I was a kid, my brother and I were playing on a shed next door to my grandmother's house in Mesa. She came over screaming for us to get off of it. Apparently it was infested with scorpions!

1point

Arlene Harris 4 months ago

0points

DC 4 months ago

... and how incredibly cool it makes you to use an oh-so-creative term for ending yourself. "It'll fück you hot and cold like a tuna's wings on leaded cocaine", uh, yeah, whatever...

0points

Steve Hall 4 months ago

So many of these sound to me like the person who gets involved with it deserves to meet their maker.

0points

Colin Matthews 4 months ago

Fair. Like who looks at a polar bear liver and thinks mmmmm yummy

2points