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20 Things That Are More Dangerous Than You Think.

You probably want to avoid this stuff.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 5 years ago in Wow

You probably want to avoid this stuff.

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“Electricity. People seem to have little understanding or respect for it.”

2
“Attempting to change garage door springs without knowing what you’re doing can kill you.”

3
“Walking down stairs with your hands in your pockets. Never ever do it, especially not drunk. A fall down even 1 or 2 stairs with no hands to catch you can break your neck.”

4
“A kind of random one, but don’t eat uncooked slugs or snails. They can have parasites that will make you paralyzed and eventually kill you. An Australian kid died a couple of years ago from it, an awful way to go.”

5
“Palm trees. They are so much heavier than they look and their branches can kinda just fall off without warning.”

6
“Towing a stuck car with a chain, there is a list of people who have died from having the chain come through the back window and kill them.”

7
“Cat bites.”

8
“Eating a lot of spinach. Believe it or not people have had kidney failure from 3 spinach smoothies in a day. This is due to the high levels of oxalic acid.”

9
“Moose. Bigger threat to people up here (Canada) than bears.”

10
“Being knocked unconscious. Lots of popular media makes it seem like a minor thing that an average person can shrug off after a short period. In reality, if you are ever knocked out, then you have suffered brain damage. It’s possible there might not be any lasting effects, but it’s a serious injury and you 100% need to see a doctor if it ever happens to you.”

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“Driving tired, sleepy.”

12
“Blocking your nose when you sneeze. Though it’s rare, you can damage blood vessels in your eyes and nose, you can rupture your eardrum, and you can even have an aneurysm.”

13
“Listening to loud music using earbuds, or really any headphones. Having permanent hearing damage sucks.”

14
“Hiking in Arizona heat.”

15
“People know that rip currents are dangerous, but don’t think about them as a real threat often enough.”

16
“A lot of household chemicals. Mix the wrong stuff and it’s game over our seriously hurt.”

17
“Anything under tension can be dangerous. guitar strings hold around 200 pounds of tension. A game of tug-of-war can put thousands of pounds of tension into a rope. It’s even been known to kill people.”

18
“Not wearing sunblock.”

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“Living alone. If you get seriously injured or ill at home and you’re unable to reach a phone, your chances of survival are much lower than if you have at least one other person in the household.”

20
“Newts. Many newts, such as the rough-skinned newt, produce a toxin that is ten times more potent than cyanide. They are only dangerous if you handle them and then don’t wash your hands afterwards, or if you eat the newt. “

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