Life isn’t as dark and dangerous as the news and social media would like you to think—there’s plenty of light, humor, and good times to be had. However, when disaster does strike (no matter how low the odds might be), it’s ruthless and you’d best be prepared. Storyteller and video creator Jack Neel, the founder of the ‘fyp’ channel, has a whole bunch of cool and interesting facts that could also save your life.
Knowing what to do if you fall off the edge of a subway platform and onto the tracks is just the tip of the iceberg. And speaking of icebergs, Jack’s shared what we ought to do if we’re ever chased by a polar bear. Scroll down to check out some of the best facts that you might have not known shared by the content creator with his 6.2 million TikTok followers, upvote the ones that you found the most useful or intriguing, and if you’ve got any similar tips and tricks to share, you can always write us a comment below.
Jack, who is a big fan of Bored Panda, was kind enough to tell me all about how he got into educational entertainment, how he started making life-saving facts videos, his shot to fame, as well as how he deals with the stress and pressure of being a full-time video creator (trust me, it's advice that's useful no matter what career path you're on!).
"I’ve done a lot of educational series on my TikTok page over the past year or so, and within the past few months I’ve narrowed down my niche to horror/true-crime-related topics. 'Facts That Could Save Your Life' fit well onto my page because of dark/mysterious undertones. It’s one of my followers’ favorite series, and they’ve noted how they always save/download my videos in case they need the advice for the future," Jack shared with Bored Panda.
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If a service dog ever approaches you without its owner, follow them and do it quickly because potentially you can save someone else's life.
If your house smells like fish for absolutely no reason, 9 times out of 10 it means that there is an electrical fire
If you are in a foreign country and need to call for help, but don't know the emergency number, call 1 1 2. It's the international emergency number and will automatically connect you to the nearest help line.
I was curious which fact Jack would want absolutely everyone in the world to know. "One fact I found extremely useful that is not so commonly known is, 'If someone tried to kidnap you, make sure to scratch your attacker, their DNA will now be in your nails,'" he told me.
Just over two years ago, Jack got into creating videos on TikTok. And a year ago, he got into 'edutainment' content. "I was very hesitant to upload my first storytelling video, but a close friend convinced me to keep it up, and it was an overnight sensation. I went from 230k followers to 540k overnight and started getting tons of messages from new fans, brand partnership opportunities, and various management companies reaching out to me," he shared with Bored Panda his shot to fame.
Keeping his end goals in mind helps Jack stay passionate about video-making. "Since a young age, I’ve wanted to become a full-time YouTuber. It’s stressful at times, but I know if I continue creating on TikTok, my dream will become a reality," he said that he's focused and this helps drive him forward.
Jack also shared with me his secrets to keeping stress at bay. "I take multiple daily walks and do Wim Hof meditation pretty much every day," he said, and I for one am going to follow in his and Wim's footsteps.
If a tornado looks like it's not moving, it's actually moving towards you
It might be moving directly away from you, but better not take the 50/50 chances.
If you ever feel like someone is following your car take four right turns and eventually it will make a circle. If they are still behind you that means they are following you. Don't drive home, just call the police and drive to the police station
Unless you have outstanding warrants for your arrest 😂 in which case you can a) pull over and be arrested or b) drive it like you stole it and escape 😀
If someone ever tries to grab you, scratch them. Their DNA will now be in your nails.
Besides his multi-million audience on TikTok, Jack also has 303k subscribers on YouTube and 95k loyal followers on Instagram. Jack, from Kentucky, focuses on informational and comedic videos, as well as horror stories. He debuted on TikTok with a video focused on his dad operating a DIY flamethrower.
Jack isn’t the only TikToker to spread useful info if we ever find ourselves at odds with Fate. Plenty of other TikTok content creators are hopping on the trend, spreading awareness (knowledge is power after all) and getting some extra attention from the internet in return.
For instance, Bored Panda has recently written about user Knowledgesaurus’ facts that could save your life as well. Check that article out, too, if you’re in the mood for some more niche facts that might one day be useful when you’re fighting for your life.
If you're ever buried in an avalanche, spit. Your saliva will follow the gravity and you can simply dig the opposite way
If you ever wake up in the middle of the night to the smell of gas, do NOT turn on the light. A spark from a light switch could blow up the entire house.
If you accidentally disturb a beehive or wasp nest, do not run for the water. They'll wait for you to resurface and continue stinging you. Just run fast and as far as you can, because eventually, they will stop following you
The odds of horrific things happening to you are pretty slim. For example, the odds of being injured by a bear are around 1 in 2.1 million, according to the National Park service. Of course, that’s not much comfort for anyone who’s been attacked by a bear.
However, if we constantly spend our time thinking about worst-case scenarios, we’ll stress ourselves out (and that’s going to wreck our health) and we could be ignoring the things that occur far more commonly, e.g. heart disease or getting cancer.
So it’s best to focus on what we can control: eating a healthy and varied diet, exercising and moving lots, getting quality sleep, hydrating, having an active social life, helping others in your community, and having a job that brings you purpose. Oh, and brushing our teeth!
After all, it’s better to be attacked by a bear when you’ve lived a full life and you’re happy and healthy than to cower from one full of regrets and out of shape. Though if you’ve watched Jack’s videos or you've read up on some bear literature, you’ll know what to do either way.
The more colorful and vivid the animal is the more likely it's poisonous and you probably shouldn't eat it.
If you're ever at a party and your drink tastes unusually salty, do not continue drinking it. Rohypnol is reported to have a salty taste.
Everyone hates red eyes in photos. But if your pupils reflect white in a picture, it could be a sign that something is seriously wrong with your eyes, such as cataract, retina problems, or even eye cancer
my godchild had Retinoblastoma and had his right eye removed with just a few months old. The Doctors first didn't believed that there's something wrong with him, just a little crossed eyed, but after the diagnosis and looking at pictures of that time, you could see the Retina not reflecting red with the flash light on, but a white milky appearance. So when you feel like there's something wrong with your child, I can advice to take a few pictures with the flash on and take a closer look. My godchild lost his eye, but the fast diagnosis saved his other eye and could be treated with radiation. he is living a happy life :-)
If you are ever being chased by a polar bear get completely naked and drop your clothes on the ground as you run away. Polar bears have really bad ADD and will firmly inspect your clothes before chasing you again
If someone gets stabbed, do not take the knife out. It acts as a plug to the hole and prevents blood loss. Apply pressure to the wound and call the police
Note: Apply pressure AROUND the wound -- ideally, above and below it. Do not apply pressure to the knife.
If you ever see square waves in the ocean get out immediately. They are powerful currents that can drag you underneath the water and kill you in an instant.
If I ever saw square waves in the ocean I would wonder who the hell dosed me with acid.
If you ever come face to face with a mountain lion, don't turn your back on it, just walk backward. Cats are ambush predators and they'll wait for you to turn around before they attack
Unless you wandered into her territory (aka there may be cubs around), don't back up at all. Yell. Be loud. Put your arms up to appear larger than you are. If you're at home, grab a pot and a spoon or anything loud and bang them together. Absolutely positively, do not run. (Source: I used to live near mountain lion country, and sometimes they'd wander down the mountain and into yards in the winter.)
Wolves will only attack you if they can intimidate you into running away from them. Standing your ground against a wolf pack will be terrifying but eventually, they will leave you alone
The machine that sets the pins at the bowling alley is extremely dangerous. So if you slide into the pins as a joke, there is a very good chance that you will be crushed to death.
I worked as a technician at a bowling alley, I can confirm that the deck that holds / picks up the pins will indeed crush you, it’s extremely heavy, it’s controlled by a computer that doesn’t care if you are in the way and it will drop towards the lane without warning. I’ve no idea why you would think it was a good idea to slide underneath the deck, the sweep and the deck are both clearly very tough bits of kit, you aren’t! We had double safety locking systems on the power supply and physical stops inside them on our pinsetters so that when were working on them there was zero chance of them operating, They will chew you up and spit you out. Your coffin will be wide and flat.
If you ever for some reason ingest windshield wiper fluid or anti-freeze, drink large amounts of vodka to keep it from shredding your kidneys to give you time to get to the hospital
This works for cats too. I saw it on a pet rescue where they thought (or knew) a cat had been poisoned with antifreeze. They lived through the worse hang over ever!
If a powerline falls next to you, do not walk or run. Put your feet together and do a bunny hop to jump and get away. This keeps electricity from traveling up one leg and out the other, which prevents you from being shocked by several thousand volts.
Any electrical engineers care to chime in on the voracity of this statement? This would be life saving information to have if true.
If you ever get carjacked and they tell you to drive, crash the car into the nearby road or intersection. Most likely they won't be wearing their seatbelts. So when you crash the car they will get injured and you can take this chance to get out of the car and run like hell.
Lying flat on your back is the best way to survive a falling elevator
If your hair suddenly stands up on end, duck and cover. You're about to be struck by lightning.
Or there’s a child with a balloon above you, it’s up to you to judge which is more likely….
If you ever feel like you are going to throw up, start humming. It's nearly impossible to gag while you are humming.
If you ever find yourself being dragged underwater by an alligator shove your fingers into its nose. This breaks the seal alligators need to keep water out of their airways and will make them release you immediately.
Then punch the shark it was planning to share you with in the nose and casually swim back to shore giving the "what's up?" shrug to any other thug beasts thinking about joining in. I got it now: Alligator = finger in nose. Shark = punch nose.
If you ever fall off of the edge of the subway platform and onto the tracks don't waste your time trying crawl back up. There is a crawl space built to go underneath in case this happens.
Most drunk driving deaths occur on Saturdays between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. Avoid roads during these times if you can help it.
Do not drink the milk of brown coconuts. They contain oils that cause dehydration. So, you should drink the milk of green coconuts instead.
No matter how thirsty you are, do not eat large amounts of snow. Too much cold ice in your stomach can cause you to die of hypothermia. Melt the ice and then drink it.
If a deer is running across the road it's better to hit it than swerve and run into a ditch. If there is a moose in the middle of the road swerve and run into a ditch. Hitting a moose is like running into a brick wall
Apparently, there are some people unfamiliar with driving where there are frequent deer. No one wants to hit the deer. It is horrible for deer and your car and possibly your life. Sometimes deer dart into the highway from places on the side of the highway you simply couldn't have seen them before and anticipated. They can jump in front far faster than you can reasonably stop a car. Generally, when this happens, you're also going fast enough (highway speed) that swerving as suddenly as you would have to avoid the deer will land you over the side of the highway or rolling your vehicle. It has long been recommended that after a certain speed, it is just safer to hit the deer. Not only for you, but the people behind you in traffic. No one wants to hit the deer, but sometimes it is the best option in a bad situation, so it is considered best practice since the situation happens fast enough you likely won't have time to analyze the situation.
My sister once warned me to drive slower on the back roads because the sun was going down and it was about the time deer cross roads to either find aa safe place to sleep for the night or to get that last drink of water before heading to sleep for the night.
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Deer never comes alone. If you see a deer in the road, slow down. There will be two or three or four or...
In the fall they are in groups. In the spring/summer, they are alone.
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Deer will freak out and jump INTO the side of a car. Just... keep your eyes on the road, okay? And don't swerve! You'll either hit the next deer in the herd or into oncoming traffic. Be aware, however, that a deer corpse on your windshield is potentially going to trap you in the vehicle, depending on vehicle size/type. Yes, I grew up with a LOT of deer around!
Standard advice in Sweden: Aim for the back legs. If the moose moves, it will most probably move forwards. And, be aware of when and where they usually are active.
I was actually crashed into by a moose up in Jämtland. I saw it coming at full tilt from the left - down a steep slope, and held right into the ditch. When the car was at a stand still, the moose skidded into the driver door, made a glide over the hood and ran away. Luckily, it did not hit the old Toyota Corolla that I was comming from the other way. But the Toyota had moose hair stuck in the front registration plate afterwards. Just a few minutes earlier, my mum had asked why I drive pickups and big SUV's. I answered that it is a good place t8 be if an moose come up in front of the car. Well. It didn't, but close enough. The worst thing was that it was almost -30 degree celsius, and the window in the drivers door went bust.
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And if you see one cross in front of you but know you’re going to miss it, hit your brakes anyway. There is likely at least one or more to follow right after it!!! Been there, done that!!!
If you see a deer cross the road ahead of you, slow down because there is probably more coming along behind that one.
I've seen pictures of a car ingesting a deer through the radiator grill. You don't want to do that.
Yes but you also don't want to swerve and go flying.
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I learned that if I moose runs out in front of your car, aim for his back legs. If you hit the moose in the back he will go down, if you hit him in the front you'll get the moose in your lap. I would go for the back legs of the deer as well.
the moose my friends brother hit didnt budge. he died in the accident. his car hit it in the ass
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This is absolutely, positively, 100% TRUE. I once saw a small SUV get obliterated by a Moose that was crossing the highway up near Banff, Alberta. The dude in the SUV had to be doing at least 100 KPH (62MPH) when this absolute monster of a Moose came running out of the treeline. The guy had no chance to react and just T-boned the Moose which went flying over the SUV, but not before caving in the front end and damn near tearing the roof off of it. The SUV rolled to a stop in the ditch with pieces of it still flying down the highway, looking like it had just been hit by a train. Meanwhile the Moose got up, looked around for a minute, then kind of limped off back into the treeline with probably no more than some road rash and a sore leg. Everyone in the SUV were shaken up but more or less OK, but the car itself was a write-off.
A large deer can still f**k you up. Especially if you hit an oncoming truck after you hit the deer. Moose is like a truck by itself.
look, if you have a chance, certainly de-celerate as much as you can without taking a chance of losing control of your vehicle, or going either into a ditch or into oncoming traffic. hitting the darn thing doing 45 is a lot better than hitting it doing 70ish (i have done both, and last summer here in michigan going home from work at 3am...hit three of them within about eight weeks)...you'll want to delerate as much as you can as safely as you can, in control and in your lane. oh yeah, and deer WILL run right into the side of you, because deer are just not very darn bright...
It's more about momentum and lack of sufficient traction on asphalt than intelligence. Plus if headlights are a factor, they mess with their vision 👀🦌🙈
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If you see a deer run out onto the road ahead of you and you know you won’t hit it, still stop as fast as you can. Deer are herd animals and most people hit the second or third deer they didn’t know was there but that follow the first deer without slowing or looking for cars themselves.
Insurance adjuster here....I can confirm this is true. More damage is done in an accident by trying to avoid the deer most of the time than when you actually hit it.
I had a deer run straight into the SIDE of my car while I was driving- it continued on across the road after the encounter but I wonder how!
I had a deer smack my right rear panel and destroyed it. That deer also ran off, and because I was concerned for it's well-being, I tried to find it, but it was gone. Scary and very loud to be hit by a deer!
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Reading Hunter S Thompson long ago I recall him writing to never hit brakes when about to hit a deer as that could potentially put animal through your windshield and if it's a buck you could likely be impaled by it's rack. He advised to hit accelerator so that the deer would bounce off the vehicle. Well, I hit a deer not too long ago and it worked like a charm. Not too much front end damage and was able to drive remaining 10 miles. (97 Lexus es300).
I drive a lot in the UK and am extra cautious when driving in the countryside and anywhere I see a deer crossing sign. I tend to drive a few miles (5-10) below the speed limit, always try to scan ahead and have been lucky not to hit any animals crossing in front of me...
And if there's an elephant just back up like crazy while yelling at it...
And DON'T wave "hello" at it. That mimics their "aggressive trunk" position. A safari jeep was targeted by a herd, the only difference it had from other vehicles was a big upright tube attached to the hood that was in that shape. (It's like a snake / swan / goose head-neck position when it's prepared to strike/bite.)
Load More Replies... I can't stress this fact enough. My uncle almost died because he hit a moose, and my dad knows at least 3 people that have died in horrible moose accidents. Also, don't swerve for anything less than a deer. No matter how cute it is. I live in Canada, where people die every day because of accidents with deer and moose, etc. I have experience!
But if we could just teach them to drive the roads would be a hellava safer
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Moose have have taken down transportation trucks. They don't f**k around. Ask any Canadian.
I just read a story about someone who wrecked their car trying to avoid a Squirrel
Well tbh I swerved to miss a deer and wreaked my car in to a tree( but I was ok). someone made I commit I should've hit that deer instead.firefighter said I made the right choice.he responded to one the deer went through the windshield and panicked kicked the driver to death
A lot of times there will be a deer BEHIND the one that crossed in front of you, slow down as much as you can. I was driving a company motor home on one of the collisions and the next deer hit the dual wheels on the driver's side and deer hair was in between the tire and rim! 🦌
About twenty or so years ago in my little Oldsmobile Cutlas Calais I was offroading with some friends. Wide dirt road....was doing about 30 mph. Deer darted out. I swerve to try and miss it and plow into a tree Long story short the Park Ranger who was called because it's his jurisdiction told me I should have hit the deer. Namely Deer move, trees don't.
My parents have hit a deer with their car and it SHREDDED their car. The deer was fine, it pranced off like the smug bastard it was, but the whole front of the car was totalled and they had to hold it together with duct tape until they got to a mechanic
I swerved on icy road to avoid a squirrel, ran through a fence and almost through some lady's front door, the squirrel was killed anyway, my car had total front end damage, I had to pay for the fence and the lady's hospital visit to ER because she almost had a heart attack.
Especially if it's a female moose...'cause she's a brick house... sorry I couldn't help myself.
OR you can just lay on your horn and deer will get out of the way. I can't speak for moose, though.
I wish the driver had this tip on our 2020 road trip. Then I wouldn't have flown out of the car in the direction that it was rolling in during the 80 mile an hour rollover. I survived, but my spine was fractured...I have a feeling that I wouldn't have survived if I was in the car. I haven't seen a moose yet, but NEVER SWERVE WITH A DEER! It is definitely better to hit it.
wait.... so.... DON'T swerve, don;t try to prevent an accident, do hit the deer, do have an accident?????????????? Unless you have a big truck with bull bars on that's your vehicle destroyed hitting a deer will ruin your car..... swerving into a ditch may just ruin the body work.
Seen deer vs car, deer was thrown about ten to twelve meters up into the air by the impact, car was totaled, both occupant needed medical attention for cuts from the flying glass, deer had to be put down, wear your seatbelts, and be attentive to surroundings.
as long as you are looking out for deer, expect there to be more coming after the one you see. They usually travel together. BEWARE esp. at dawn and dusk. Oh, and if you are Bambi, beware of The Meadow!
As someone that has hit several deer over the years, yes you are far better off hitting the deer than swerving. I did $4000 in damage to my car from hitting one in December 2020, but I fixed it. If I swerved and ended up in ditch on my roof it would have been far worse.
I have been driving a school bus for 25 years. For most of those years, it has been in the country, therefore I have seen a lot of deer and other animals. When I see an animal, I blow my horn and they run the other way. I have yet to hit anything. If you know you're in an area with critters, just keep your eyes open and make a lot of noise. They will avoid you.
IF you do hit a deer or other large animal, and it is dead, please try to drag it off the road if safe to do so, or call the local sheriff ASAP. I actually hit a deer last night - it was dead in the fast lane of the freeway - in my Prius. Thank goodness it was already dead, but we too could have been seriously injured! It was like going over a ski jump and landing HARD! And the undercarriage of my car is all messed up, with carnage and gross stuff everywhere....
think there's a list of most deadly animal by state floating around somewhere. Accidents caused by cars hitting or swerving to avoid hitting deer makes then the most deadly animal in several states.
If you have no other option but to hit the deer step on the gas right before impact especially if driving a small car. If you step on the brakes then you lower the front end of the vehicle and the deer could end up coming through the windshield. By giving it gas you raise the front of your vehicle sending the deer under instead of over.
As I understand it, the reason moose are so deadly in car crashes is not because of their greater mass, but because their longer legs mean that main mass impacts the WINDSHIELD of a car, rather than the grill.
While I agree about ditching the vehicle instead of hitting the moose, (AND HORSES) but for a completely different reason. These are such tall animals that all their mass is centered above the bumper/grille. You hit the legs, and their body comes straight through the windshield
On lands with large horse populations, this happens all the time. Ranches, native American lands, BLM land, etc.
Load More Replies... years ago, while working insurance, we had a claim where our one customer had hit a deer while on his motorcycle. His girlfriend was on the back of the bike too. They were thrown into a ditch and only had minor injuries. Paramedics arrived were not expecting anyone to survive. The deer was gone and they both walked out of the ditch. the bike was toast.
If you have comprehensive then hit the deer and your car damage will be covered....if you swerve and miss the deer and hit say a tree you won't be covered. Little known fact of insurance hacks to save you money....
Came around a curve, driving through wooded area at dusk, (slower than speed limit bc no one's behind me, Thank God because)... the Doe finished walking across the road but her (practically newborn) fawn did the "drop & curl up so they can't see me thing" with the head right in front of my front tire 😬😱 I had to back way up & sit there for about 15mins (guarding it in case someone came speeding along and not see it) before it got up so I could leave. Please be extra careful in Spring when all the naive babies are toddling around 🐣🦭
Username checks out! PS I❤️U animal lady! It's a crying shame there aren't more people out there like you!
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Dumbest advice yet! Hit the deer and moose or any other animal! Swerving and going into the ditch/ tree/other cars only changes the type of insurance claim you get to potentially file…. Comprehensive, non-chargeable claim or Collision, chargeable! Take out Bambi and Bullwinkle if you can’t stop safely!!
my friends brother actually died bc of a moose. his friend who was in the car with him survived but is paralyzed from the waist down. he told us the moose's a$$ was the only thing that hit the right side of the front of the car but still sent the car tumbling. they really r like a brick wall the last thing he remembers from it all was wat happened and the moose just standing there like nothing happened.
I would hope not to have to hit any animal.. it has happened . Also if you drive at night in the Australian country and a kangaroo or wallaby hops in front and you miss it, put on the brakes as their will be another following it and you will almost certainly hit that one. It is a dreadful and all too common road kill experience.
also hitting a moose might result in a certain death... mooses (meese, as i call it ;) ) are very strong and aggresive. you also won't believe how big they are!
😹FYI, the plural of moose is moose (meese😹). And "might result" and "certain death" shouldn't really be in the same sentence together, it's an oxymoron. (I do believe how big they are, I've seen a few.)
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Usually, there may be more than one deer. Just slow down and try to stop, otherwise your car and you may be trampled by the migrating flock of deer. It is fun, however, to watch them run on slippery pavement. You will know that you need to slow down or YOU may be the one "skating" along.
Two stories. Saw a car beside the road with the hood smashed in and the engine on the ground. A deer had jumped off of a cliff and landed on the vehicle. In places where the road has been cut through rocky hills this is a common occurrence. Secondly, it was a dark and snowy night. Seriously on one of those roads cut through a cliff. Fortunately, the deer raised its head and there was the classic deer in the headlights. Because of the snowy winding road, we weren't going fast and were able to stop before hitting the deer. Also because of road conditions, there was no one behind us. Win for us and the deer.
Never slow down if you’re going to hit a deer. Speed up! If you slow down the front of the vehicle will dip and when you hit the deer, it will actually drive the deer right into your windshield. If you speed up, the front of the vehicle will lift up and you’re more likely to go over the deer causing less damage to the cab and to the driver.
And living where there are a high concentration of deer, they sometimes run out and hit you!
Also, it is good to remember if one deer is crossing the road it could be part of a herd (just a few to a lot) and more might be hiding in the bushes ready to cross.
As for moose, they are sometimes taller than your car! I hit one once and it rolled over my Sunfire - smashed the windshield, and broke out a tail-light, but, no one was hurt - not even the moose! We were stoPPing at the time - going maybe 20kms Per hour!
There is NO such thing as a "single deer crossing the highway". It's buddies are either just behind it or just in front of it. If you hit the one, the others may spook and veer off. If you hit a moose, you're only hitting those long, long legs. The body hitting your car and windshield will likely kill you and "total" your car.
Okay, granted, I get where this one's trying to go but it still really REALLY depends on the ditch. A slight drop and a corn field? It'll do less damage than a deer. A 500ft cliff? slightly more than the moose.
Be aware that hitting the deer can have it going through your windscreen and out the back of the car - killing everyone on the way.
I have a friend who lines in Newfoundland, I’m in England. We used to send each other pictures of animals and stuff we saw on the way into work, she sent me a picture of a moose that was on her driveway, blew my mind how big it was, she also sent me a picture of an iceberg floating on the sea at the end of her garden... I sent her a picture of some discarded false eyelashes and asked if she could name the species
Same problem with kangaroos in Australia, slow down but don’t swerve
In Connecticut, I had a deer leap over the hood of my car while I was driving. Not sure if it was just naturally a daredevil or it just made a last minute decision.
If you are going at speed and know you have a choice to hit the wall or a tree . ALWAYS hit the wall . The tree will not move, but a wall will break , saving your life .
My friend hit a bull going 40mph it landed on her car ripped half her face off while completely taking the roof with him . She had surgery, and was in hospital for a few weeks . The bull ran away !
Exactly. It mumight be stupid but if a cmdog or a deer croses ny path in no way I am going to be able to not break or not try to avoid them.
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what about to stop the car and wait that he crossed the road to continue your trip.
If there is a deer running across the road, slow the f**k down and/or stop. You are invading his home, not vice versa.
a 2 second split-decision : a deer or a moose? a DEER or a MOOSE!?!? *too late
Have you seen the difference in size between a deer and a moose? If you can't tell them apart immediately then you shouldn't be driving at all.
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That's awful advice. The faster you're going when you hit a deer the better your chances of surviving the impact. Hit it at speed and it might go over your roof if you're lucky, hit the brakes before you slam into it and it's going through your windshield. By the time you see the deer in these kinds of places it's already too late to stop and telling people to stop can get them killed.
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And when you're on the highway doing highway speeds and the deer runs into the highway? Which happens ALL THE TIME
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Sometimes animals can come into the road so close it can be a struggle to stop without hitting them
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Have you ever been told that if an alligator is chasing you that you should run in a zigzag? Well, contrary to popular belief, alligators actually aren't stupid and they can run up to 35 miles per hour. So just run straight and run like hell.
You can always dial 911 if you have no bars because, in an emergency, your phone will connect to any nearby cell tower as long as it has a battery in it.
If you're ever in a serious situation where you have triple A batteries but desperately need double As, ball up some tin foil and put it on the negative side of each battery where it connects.
If you ever get stuffed in the back of a trunk disconnect the brake light wires so when the cop pulls them over you can kick the door so people know you are there
Sleep with your door closed. Unlike your parents, a fire will leave your room almost completely untouched, if closed.
If you ever need to escape a moving car do not jump out, put one foot down and take a step. This will significantly reduce your speed and will have a much greater chance of surviving the fall.
I can't see me being able to do that. Note to self: do not put yourself into a position that you need to jump from a moving vehicle.
If your water ever smells like cinnamon, do not drink it. People often use it to cover up the scent of poison.
Each railroad crossing has a number on it. So, if your car gets over stuck on the train track, call 911, give them this number and they'll notify upcoming trains to stop.
Condoms are useful for a number of reasons. If you need a quick way to store liquids, they can actually hold up to a gallon of water, plus they are waterproof, so you can safely store things like matches, electronics, and pretty much anything that shouldn't get wet.
But they're covered in lubricant, so that would be "wet" I'm sure, unless you dry it out first, am I thinking about this too deeply?
If you're ever scuba diving and a giant octopus tries to grab a hold of you, do not try to prune him off. The key to survival is to get him off of one of his anchor points, like a rock or a pipe, because he can't pull you down without using leverage from his anchor.
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Ok had to create an account just for this. I worked in Synagogues and sadly had to go through a lot of active shooter training. If a shooter enters the Building you are in do not run. You are giving him a target to shoot. If you are physically able to grab others and disarm him even if it means being shot. If you are shot but disarm him paramedics can arrive quickly and save you. Shot but he is still roaming around you will probably bleed out before helps arrives. Same theory if someone tries to kidnap you. Better to be shot in a place where you or someone else can call for help rather than being taken to a remote spot. Lesson here? It’s actually hard to die from a gunshot wound if paramedics are able to arrive quickly. I mean it can happen but still preferable to be shot in a way that allows you to be treated quickly.
How crazy is it that there’s a thing such as ‘active shooter training’? I can’t comment on your theory, I live in the U.K. where such a thing doesn’t happen but I’m saddened that a community has to protect itself that way.
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48 facts that COULD save you life that are based in little fact or that have not been tested in the real world. I’d suggest using common sense, not putting yourself in harms way in the first place and being aware of your surroundings. Save yourself first eh?
Yes, I was really wondering who gets into these situations. Eyes and ears open. (Yes, you have to give up your earbuds. LISTEN to the world. It provides a lot more cues than your playlist.)
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OK but in the heat of the moment I'll be like, "do I try to get the polar bear off of one of his anchor points and strip naked for the octopus or is it the other way around?"
I'm pretty sure you're supposed to hop away from a polar bear, and tell the octopus he has an electical fire. Thankfully, I don't think I'll need most of this information.
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Reading these, my life feels so safe and sheltered. I've never needed to stick my finger in a crocodile's nose, nor have I ever been in a situation where exiting a moving car was necessary.
Not sure these are all particularly useful survival tips! Best thing to know about wild mammals is that your best chance of survival is not to run. Think about how much your pets like to chase things that move. It's the same in the wild. You're not guaranteed to survive if you stand your ground, but you ARE guaranteed to die if you run.
yeah, for some unknown reason predators are coded to think "if it runs away from me then it's prey" 🤷♂️ and people keep running because humans are preys without weapons.
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Jesus f**king Christ, can we PLEASE stop to repeat tikfock idiots repeating bullcrap they read somewhere? Half of it is useless, half of it is plain wrong, and the rest is actually useful.
Wow, it must have really hit a nerve for you to be taking the Lord's Name in Vain & all, so vehemently. But won't it just get worse if we "stop to repeat" it?
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Nice. So now I know what to do if I’m ever chomping live crickets while trying to answer my phone wrapped in a condom as I desperately try to out run an alligator. I’m never leaving home again. XBox is there for a reason.
Hey, what you do with a xbox and a condom is your business not ours. Who am I kidding? Tell us more you creepy creepy cricket chopper? 😋
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Yeah as someone who scares easily I probably should not have read this In the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep... yep I'm gonna be paranoid for the next 2 weeks
Up to a gallon... hmmmm. Let's think this through. What man on Earth might need it to hold a gallon??? Oh god... mental image I can't dispel. Help!!
The only thing that came to mind while reading the polar bear one was "what if he doesn't stop chasing you to sniff your clothes and now your just naked running from a bear".
Always trust your gut instinct. I had a man come and sit at my table on September 11th, 2001 who gave me the creeps and was oddly calm and just ordered a coffee but gave me the super heebie jeebies.... a few moments later 2 police officers showed up and arrested him for beating a woman so badly he popped her eyeball out. This was about noon on the worst day in US history. Apparently the woman had been annoying him about the end of the world happening...and he almost ended her world.
Things y'all left out: #1 If you ever have a heart attack immediately start coughing and don't stope because it can reset your heartbeat and save your life until you can get to a hospital. #2 If someone is really trying to kill you or strangle you gouge out their eyes. #3 If you're ever lost at sea without a life vest don't try to swim for shore. You will drown from wearing yourself out. Just float until help arrives. The lack of movement will also keep you from attracting the attention of sharks. #4 If you have Covid always keep your arms lowered because raising your arms above chest level for any amount of time will block air from being able to enter your bloodstream thru your lungs and you can make yourself blackout or die from lack of oxygen to the brain and vital organs.
I work in college where we receive this training. However, as we were informed, this is most likely to happen in a high-school as the emotional development is in progress, and there is more bullying and attention seeking. True, do not stand still. The shooter will consider you a soft (easy) target. If the shooter is in range of you, attack with anything you can grab. Once you start others will join in. Most shooters have rehearsed a scenario in their head, if you distract or disrupt that scenario it takes them about 10 seconds to recover back to that scenario. This is enough time to attack. Also, most shooters are young males ( all really) and they don't always have a strong knowledge of the weapon they hold. If you do not receive a heart or head shot you're going to survive. Know how to lock down quickly, if breached fight back. Be on the move. When you have the all clear put your hands over your head so the cops can see you're not armed.
I always recommend traveling with a space blanket in your car, keeps you warm, can deflect the sun and you can use it to signal with.
Me: taking screenshots that may save my life in random situations
If someone is pointing a gun at you, everyone's natural reaction is to look at the immediate threat, which in this case is the gun, however it will make someone much less likely to shoot you, if you look directly into their eyes. This is because it makes you less of a "problem" to a (usually desperate) suspect, and more human.
If you are locked in a trunk of a car and you disable the brake lights, isn’t more likely that someone will rear end the car rather than police pulling the car over and then you’ll be crushed to death?
If you’re lost or need help but can’t get a signal, change your voicemail to explain where you are,, what happened, etc. people trying to call you will hear message. (If they wait long enough to hear it.)
You actually can’t change your voicemail without a cellular signal.
Load More Replies... Oddly, reading these, and with the comments, I was full on laughing...a lot
The deer thing is f*****g dumb. Always swerve, those things will f**k up your car and you! I've been in 2 separate incidents with deers, both times I almost died and the cars were written off!
Ok had to create an account just for this. I worked in Synagogues and sadly had to go through a lot of active shooter training. If a shooter enters the Building you are in do not run. You are giving him a target to shoot. If you are physically able to grab others and disarm him even if it means being shot. If you are shot but disarm him paramedics can arrive quickly and save you. Shot but he is still roaming around you will probably bleed out before helps arrives. Same theory if someone tries to kidnap you. Better to be shot in a place where you or someone else can call for help rather than being taken to a remote spot. Lesson here? It’s actually hard to die from a gunshot wound if paramedics are able to arrive quickly. I mean it can happen but still preferable to be shot in a way that allows you to be treated quickly.
How crazy is it that there’s a thing such as ‘active shooter training’? I can’t comment on your theory, I live in the U.K. where such a thing doesn’t happen but I’m saddened that a community has to protect itself that way.
Load More Replies... 48 facts that COULD save you life that are based in little fact or that have not been tested in the real world. I’d suggest using common sense, not putting yourself in harms way in the first place and being aware of your surroundings. Save yourself first eh?
Yes, I was really wondering who gets into these situations. Eyes and ears open. (Yes, you have to give up your earbuds. LISTEN to the world. It provides a lot more cues than your playlist.)
Load More Replies... OK but in the heat of the moment I'll be like, "do I try to get the polar bear off of one of his anchor points and strip naked for the octopus or is it the other way around?"
I'm pretty sure you're supposed to hop away from a polar bear, and tell the octopus he has an electical fire. Thankfully, I don't think I'll need most of this information.
Load More Replies... Reading these, my life feels so safe and sheltered. I've never needed to stick my finger in a crocodile's nose, nor have I ever been in a situation where exiting a moving car was necessary.
Not sure these are all particularly useful survival tips! Best thing to know about wild mammals is that your best chance of survival is not to run. Think about how much your pets like to chase things that move. It's the same in the wild. You're not guaranteed to survive if you stand your ground, but you ARE guaranteed to die if you run.
yeah, for some unknown reason predators are coded to think "if it runs away from me then it's prey" 🤷♂️ and people keep running because humans are preys without weapons.
Load More Replies... Jesus f**king Christ, can we PLEASE stop to repeat tikfock idiots repeating bullcrap they read somewhere? Half of it is useless, half of it is plain wrong, and the rest is actually useful.
Wow, it must have really hit a nerve for you to be taking the Lord's Name in Vain & all, so vehemently. But won't it just get worse if we "stop to repeat" it?
Load More Replies... Nice. So now I know what to do if I’m ever chomping live crickets while trying to answer my phone wrapped in a condom as I desperately try to out run an alligator. I’m never leaving home again. XBox is there for a reason.
Hey, what you do with a xbox and a condom is your business not ours. Who am I kidding? Tell us more you creepy creepy cricket chopper? 😋
Load More Replies... Yeah as someone who scares easily I probably should not have read this In the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep... yep I'm gonna be paranoid for the next 2 weeks
Up to a gallon... hmmmm. Let's think this through. What man on Earth might need it to hold a gallon??? Oh god... mental image I can't dispel. Help!!
The only thing that came to mind while reading the polar bear one was "what if he doesn't stop chasing you to sniff your clothes and now your just naked running from a bear".
Always trust your gut instinct. I had a man come and sit at my table on September 11th, 2001 who gave me the creeps and was oddly calm and just ordered a coffee but gave me the super heebie jeebies.... a few moments later 2 police officers showed up and arrested him for beating a woman so badly he popped her eyeball out. This was about noon on the worst day in US history. Apparently the woman had been annoying him about the end of the world happening...and he almost ended her world.
Things y'all left out: #1 If you ever have a heart attack immediately start coughing and don't stope because it can reset your heartbeat and save your life until you can get to a hospital. #2 If someone is really trying to kill you or strangle you gouge out their eyes. #3 If you're ever lost at sea without a life vest don't try to swim for shore. You will drown from wearing yourself out. Just float until help arrives. The lack of movement will also keep you from attracting the attention of sharks. #4 If you have Covid always keep your arms lowered because raising your arms above chest level for any amount of time will block air from being able to enter your bloodstream thru your lungs and you can make yourself blackout or die from lack of oxygen to the brain and vital organs.
I work in college where we receive this training. However, as we were informed, this is most likely to happen in a high-school as the emotional development is in progress, and there is more bullying and attention seeking. True, do not stand still. The shooter will consider you a soft (easy) target. If the shooter is in range of you, attack with anything you can grab. Once you start others will join in. Most shooters have rehearsed a scenario in their head, if you distract or disrupt that scenario it takes them about 10 seconds to recover back to that scenario. This is enough time to attack. Also, most shooters are young males ( all really) and they don't always have a strong knowledge of the weapon they hold. If you do not receive a heart or head shot you're going to survive. Know how to lock down quickly, if breached fight back. Be on the move. When you have the all clear put your hands over your head so the cops can see you're not armed.
I always recommend traveling with a space blanket in your car, keeps you warm, can deflect the sun and you can use it to signal with.
Me: taking screenshots that may save my life in random situations
If someone is pointing a gun at you, everyone's natural reaction is to look at the immediate threat, which in this case is the gun, however it will make someone much less likely to shoot you, if you look directly into their eyes. This is because it makes you less of a "problem" to a (usually desperate) suspect, and more human.
If you are locked in a trunk of a car and you disable the brake lights, isn’t more likely that someone will rear end the car rather than police pulling the car over and then you’ll be crushed to death?
If you’re lost or need help but can’t get a signal, change your voicemail to explain where you are,, what happened, etc. people trying to call you will hear message. (If they wait long enough to hear it.)
You actually can’t change your voicemail without a cellular signal.
Load More Replies... Oddly, reading these, and with the comments, I was full on laughing...a lot
The deer thing is f*****g dumb. Always swerve, those things will f**k up your car and you! I've been in 2 separate incidents with deers, both times I almost died and the cars were written off!
