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15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:21pm On May 19, 2018
15. About 153,000 people worldwide die every day
One out of every 113 people in the world die every year. Based on this rate, here is an estimate of the incidence of death among people now living in the world.

1.78 deaths per second
107 deaths per minute
6,390 deaths per hour
153,000 deaths per day
56.0 million deaths per year
3.9 billion deaths per average lifetime (70 years)

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:22pm On May 19, 2018
14. Shark’s death
By the way, the whole world knows that shark considered to be the most dangerous fish and it is sure to be near death itself. But still you may be surprised to know that in a year, about 12 people die from shark attacks, while people kill about 11,417 sharks every hour.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:25pm On May 19, 2018
13. No Death
The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:26pm On May 19, 2018
12. Men who are hanged get a death erection
Men who are hanged get a death erection, known as rigor erectus. It is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of men who have been executed, particularly by hanging.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:27pm On May 19, 2018
11. More than 7000 people die annually due to the doctors’ sloppy handwriting
Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually. It’s a shocking statistic. In addition, preventable medication mistakes also injure more than 1.5 million Americans annually. Many such errors result from unclear abbreviations and dosage indications and illegible writing on some of the 3.2 billion prescriptions written in the U.S. every year.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:28pm On May 19, 2018
10. Feeding Dead to Vultures
The Zoroastrian Parsi community in India offers its dead to vultures rather than burying or burning them.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:30pm On May 19, 2018
9. Left-handed people die young
It is said that the people who work with the left-hand antique and eccentric type and they also enjoy the work of the world. But, you will be surprised to know that compared to the right handed, the left-handed people die on average three years ago. The person who works with the left hand, dies earlier.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:31pm On May 19, 2018
8. 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest
The world’s highest mountain is Mount Everest, and every year millions of people come from its excursions and to overcome it. By the way, you can also know about the shack that there are more than 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest. That is, if you ever go there and search, you can get more than 200 corpses.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:32pm On May 19, 2018
7. Second World War
The world’s most dangerous and destructive war will be known to all of World War II, that this war has killed millions of people, but you will be amazed to know that 80 percent of all men born in the Soviet Union were born in 1923 In World War II, they lost their lives.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:33pm On May 19, 2018
6. Most Suicides
Many people in the world do not know how many people commit suicide by being troubled and inauspicious with their lives. And there are many places in the world that have remained till the point of suicide, but you will also be surprised to know that the cases of suicides are higher in the New York City as comparison to the cities of whole world.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:34pm On May 19, 2018
5. Woman killed over dowry ‘every hour’ in India
Dowry is a social evil and a curse, butt is even more dangerous that it has settled down in the minds of people, particularly in India. You would be surprised to know that due to the crime associated with dowry per hour in India a woman loses her life. This is very shameful for us.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:36pm On May 19, 2018
4. One person dies every hour due to the alcoholic driver
However, many people who do not know in the world die by road accidents, natural diseases, but you will be surprised to know that due to the alcoholic driver, there is a death every hour. By the way, a unique figure is found in America, where a drunk driver accidentally killed 1 person every hour.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:37pm On May 19, 2018
3. Every 1.5 minutes a woman dies during pregnancy
Being a mother is the most enjoyable feeling of the world and everyone waits for it, especially a woman who keeps the baby up to nine months in her stomach. But these figures are highly vulnerable and the medical science stains that every 1.5 minutes a woman dies due to lack of proper treatment and medical facilities during pregnancy or childbirth.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:38pm On May 19, 2018
2. 20,000 children die every day due to starvation
Even today, the poverty and starvation figure in the world is quite astonishing, and nearly 70 percent of the population in the world is below the poverty line and those who do not even have the time to eat food. But the more tragic and tragic thing is that almost 20,000 children in the world die every day due to poverty and hunger.

Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by Skepticus: 1:39pm On May 19, 2018
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skimeh:
15. About 153,000 people worldwide die every day
One out of every 113 people in the world die every year. Based on this rate, here is an estimate of the incidence of death among people now living in the world.

1.78 deaths per second
107 deaths per minute
6,390 deaths per hour
153,000 deaths per day
56.0 million deaths per year
3.9 billion deaths per average lifetime (70 years)

I'd love to see the figures in the stat above, rise higher cry
Re: 15 Shocking Facts About Death, You Probably Didn't Know. by skimeh(m): 1:40pm On May 19, 2018
1. A suicide every 40 seconds
No need to hear a little awkward. But this is the truth, a person commits suicide every 40 seconds in the whole world. In one or two parts of the world, only 40 seconds in which you can not even say your whole thing, a person goes away from this world.
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