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Are More People Really Killed by Vending Machines Than Sharks

Picture the Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBtDzuikFw24LPsgGyW1AQ Do Sharks→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! In this video: As we’ve discussed at length in another article, sharks, contrary to their fearsome reputation, rarely attack, let alone kill, humans; it would seem that they don’t deem us to be suitable prey, though it seemingly has little to do with taste, as is commonly stated. (See: Do Sharks Really Not Like the Taste of Humans?) But is nature’s supposed “perfect” killing machine really outclassed by humble vending machines when it comes to the number of humans these respective things kill per year? Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/09/vending-machines-really-kill-americans-sharks/ Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/20/improbable-research-vending-machine-injuries-and-deaths http://journals.lww.com/jorthotrauma/Abstract/1992/06000/Soda_Pop_Vending_Machine_Injuries__An_Update_.9.aspx https://www.thoughtco.com/are-vending-machines-more-deadly-than-sharks-3970604 https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/PerformEstimates.aspx https://www.cpsc.gov/newsroom/news-releases/1996/cpsc-soda-vending-machine-industry-labeling-campaign-warns-of-deaths-and-injuries/ http://freakonomics.com/2011/09/08/how-are-sharks-less-dangerous-than-vending-machines-an-exercise-in-conditional-risk/ https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/neiss/webestimates.html#hist https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/isaf/worldwide-summary/ http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/11/28/166061960/winning-powerball-its-more-likely-a-vending-machine-will-kill-you http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-09-13/news/9809130280_1_vending-machines-soda-dear-ann-landers http://www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts.aspx http://www.nsc.o

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  • Originally Aired November 14, 2017
  • Runtime 13 minutes
  • Production Code iglWgCfJBfA
  • Created September 18, 2020 by
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