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16 Survival Tips That You Might Use Only Once But Can Make A Huge Difference
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16 Survival Tips That You Might Use Only Once But Can Make A Huge Difference

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It’s better to know survival tips and not have to use them than to end up in a dangerous situation without having any plan or understanding of how to get out of it.

Which is precisely why this TikToker who goes by the nickname TankTheSavant put together some useful information on dealing with life-threatening scenarios.

From what to focus on if you’re being kidnapped to swimming back to shore in cunning waters, continue scrolling to read what she has compiled, and stay safe.

More info: TikTok

You never know when life is going to throw you a curveball

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So let’s look at a series of survival tips that TikToker TankTheSavant shared for getting out of potentially life-threatening situations

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It seems that people might really need this sort of content. Recent data from an Economist/YouGov poll found that most Americans (68%) say they would feel unsafe if they lived in a large city.

About one-third (32%) say they would feel “not very safe”, and 36 percent say they would feel “not safe at all” if they lived in a place like New York City, Chicago, or Los Angeles.

Americans who live in rural areas (77%) and towns (72%) are particularly likely to say this.

However, even city-dwellers are uneasy about their well-being. Only 43 percent say they would feel safe as opposed to 58% who wouldn’t.

Interestingly, people might be good at coming to terms with these fears as Economist/YouGov also discovered that Americans are generally at ease in their own neighborhoods. About 9 in 10 (89%) people say they feel very safe or somewhat safe there.

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The video with this helpful advice went viral

@tankthesavant class is in session #survivaltip #lifetips ♬ original sound – concreteslab5

If I had to add any survival tip, probably the main one would be to look where we’re going. In fact, falls are a major public health problem all over the world. Around 684,000 fatal falls occur each year, making it the second leading cause of unintentional injury death, after road traffic injuries.

Over 80% of fall-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries, with regions of the Western Pacific and South East Asia accounting for 60% of these deaths. Globally, death rates are highest among adults over the age of 60 years.

And here’s another where TankTheSavant teaches how to throw a punch

@tankthesavant Reply to @whitehairedsimp ask n u shall receive! sorry lol I’ll do a more in depth one later #mma #fy #UltaSkinTok #LeadWithLove #training #fypシ ♬ original sound – concreteslab5

The TikToker also released a follow-up for those who have long fingernails

@tankthesavant Reply to @fuckoffpleaseandthanks hope this helps! ty for all the love on the last one :)🖤 #mma #boxing #XfinityFanthem #LeadWithLove #fypシ #fy ♬ original sound – concreteslab5

In total, injuries (both unintentional and violence-related) take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and make up nearly 8% of all deaths.

Injuries and violence place a massive toll on national economies, costing countries billions of US dollars each year in health care, lost productivity and law enforcement.

So being more careful actually benefits all of us, not just on an individual but on a societal level as well.

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Rokas Laurinavičius

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Chich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

smoked, terminated, sold rural property, iced, eliminated, sent to the great beyond, shown to the pearly gates, blasted to kingdom come, rubbed out, knocked off, snuffed, put away, whacked, 187, done away with, put down, done in, kevorked, offed, kilt, sent to sleep with the fishes, 86'd. That should just about cover it :P

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Cathelijne Van
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been going out for decades and never ever did the need for narc occur 😳

Alex S
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Might be an American thing. Opioids literally killed more people than COVID in the USA since 2020.

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Powerful Katrinka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again?? I've lost track of how many times BP has regurgitated one of these "safety" TikToks.

JustJackie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're not the only person on the internet. Maybe other people haven't seen any of those posts.

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Chich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

smoked, terminated, sold rural property, iced, eliminated, sent to the great beyond, shown to the pearly gates, blasted to kingdom come, rubbed out, knocked off, snuffed, put away, whacked, 187, done away with, put down, done in, kevorked, offed, kilt, sent to sleep with the fishes, 86'd. That should just about cover it :P

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Cathelijne Van
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been going out for decades and never ever did the need for narc occur 😳

Alex S
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Might be an American thing. Opioids literally killed more people than COVID in the USA since 2020.

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Powerful Katrinka
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again?? I've lost track of how many times BP has regurgitated one of these "safety" TikToks.

JustJackie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're not the only person on the internet. Maybe other people haven't seen any of those posts.

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