Came upon this while searching the internet, not really sure where it fits. It's things like this that make me think that though life is good, it can be very very stupid.
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Things to Ponder...
Interesting Facts about Death -- From Your About Guide to Death & Dying. Read about the interesting and sometimes bizarre facts about death and dying here.
On average, right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-handed counterparts.
A murder is committed in the US every 23 minutes, which makes about 22852 murders each year.
On average, people fear spiders more than they do dying.
However, statistically you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by the bite of a poisonous spider.
Cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads, at which point they die of starvation.
In Erwin, Tennessee an elephant was once hanged for murder.
About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
In the Spanish Pyrenees, when a beekeeper dies, each of his bees is splashed with a drop of Black Ink.
Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote 'Nutrition for Health', died of malnutrition.
Rich