Jul 8, 2008
More Short Tales
| It only takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip your ear off. $26 billion in ransom has been paid out in the U.S. in the past 20 years. You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself. On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun. There are 1 million ants for every person in the world. 13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them. Odds: Of being killed by a dog - 1 in 700,000. Of dying while in the bath tub - 1 in 1 million. Of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion. Of being killed by poisoning - 1 in 86,000. Of being killed by freezing - 1 in 3 million. Of being killed by lightning - 1 in 2 million. Of being killed in a car crash - 1 in 5,000. Of being killed in a tornado - 1 in 2 million. Of being killed by falling out of bed - 1 in 2 million. Of being killed in a plane crash -1 in 25 million. Of being killed waiting for a nurse to notice you passed out on the floor... 1 in 24 hours. |
posted by Mike at 3:53 PM

