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“A Crack In Your Toilet”: 50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds
We’re constantly surrounded by everyday things we assume are harmless until they’re not. From the simple act of swallowing food the wrong way to the hidden dangers of being near horses, some risks are surprisingly deadly.
Reddit users recently answered the chilling question: What’s something few people realize can k**l you in seconds? Their responses reveal a mix of terrifying and unexpected hazards. This eye-opening list might make you think twice before lighting a candle, microwaving leftovers, or popping that “harmless” supplement. Sometimes, danger hides in plain sight.
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#1
A family friend who taught me how to drive many many years ago told me you have to drive like everyone else on the road is an absolute idiot and has no idea what they're doing. I never forgot that.
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#2
This'll get buried but shooting into the air.
What goes up, must come down. Those bullets can and do hit people.
#3
Texting or scrolling on your phone while driving. I’m a Medevac pilot. Ask me how I know. Put the phone down, please.
We’re all generally cautious when it comes to the obvious dangers in life. If we spot a snake slithering nearby or see flames in a building, we know to act fast. Our instincts kick in for visible threats. But what about the dangers that hide in plain sight? The ones that don’t hiss or burn, but quietly lurk around us every day? That’s where the real trouble often begins.
There are countless risks we overlook simply because they seem too ordinary to harm us. Just like the ones on this list, many everyday items carry invisible threats. These dangers don’t wear warning signs: they look familiar, useful, and even comforting. But that’s what makes them so deceptive. From household items to personal care products, risk hides where we least expect. And once you know, it’s hard to ignore.
#4
Riding your bicycle without a helmet. I don't give a s**t how careful you drive. Even if you actually do, someone else may not. And if someone hits you with their car, chances of going at least to the hospital for an extended stay are pretty d**n high, and in worst case may end at the cemetery.
Invest in a helmet, it may save your live one day and your loved ones a lot of tears. If you don't do it for yourself, do it for them. They deserve better than seeing you attached to hundreds of machines going beep every few seconds and slowly watching you die, just because you thought a helmet looked stupid or some s**t.
ynyrhydref56 5 months ago
Local kid died recently after coming off their bike. Please wear a helmet.
BeesEelsAndPups 5 months ago
Just want to say that I'm okay with Ace not wearing a helmet.
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Michael Largey 5 months ago
If you don't think your brain is worth the price of a helmet, you may well be right. But get one anyway.
OldDoc68 5 months ago
Not only bicycles but Segway's too. I was on a Segway, first time leaners excursion, when I fell off backwards onto mixed gravel/pavement. Looked up with the "I'm fine" response then saw my shattered (mandatory, thank you Segway) helmet. Hard shell had split in two pieces and the foam was crushed in spots. ALWAYS wear a helmet.
Sparkle 5 months ago
I don't care how cool you look without a helmet. Wear a helmet on land and in the water. Dead doesn't look cool.
BeesEelsAndPups 5 months ago
Jay, the likelihood of surviving a hit by a car at 30 kph is around 90%. Higher if you're wearing a helmet. 2011PedestrianRiskVsSpeedReport.pdf https://share.google/nmAsXaj0qn1glOGr9
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Skywitness 5 months ago
I clipped a curb earlier this year and landed on my forehead. I really liked that helmet but I prefer an undamaged brain more.
Ariom Dahl 5 months ago
It's also sad to see parents riding minus helmets. Their skulls are valuable too.
Ge Po 5 months ago
I was riding my bicycle one way, a car coming the other way on the same, two lane, road. So, no problem. Or so I though, until the driver suddenly decides to swing into the parking space on the left after all. Kind of straight through me. I was lucky to only have broken my collar bone, had a minor concussion and still struggle with some back-problems if I don not watch myself. I was pregnant at the time and luckily, I got a healthy boy. But yeah, as OP says, no matter how careful you ride, there are a lot of stupid, unresponsible people out there.
Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
I know a woman who survived due to her helmet. It was pretty smashed up, but she wasn't.
Michelle C 5 months ago
Yup. Helmets are required for children up to eighteen years old here in my part of Maryland State.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Illegal to ride without a helmet in Oz and most people comply. It's only common sense.
Inservio Smurf 4 months ago
LOL ... I have been riding my bike in the Netherlands for fifteen years, and occasionally you take a tumble on some leaves, or someone not heeding the sharkteeth at a crossing. That said, had I wanted to ride a bike in the other countries I've lived, my mother would have smacked me into the middle of next week.
CanadianaKa 4 months ago (edited)
Friend got doored recently (ie, driver opened door into bike lane without checking if a bike was coming). Bruised lungs, eight injured ribs, broken shoulder blade, etc... HE is a safe cyclist but that driver not checking would have killed him without the helmet. That's not even the scariest part - the scariest is that when he went to see his ortho surgeons for a checkup, surgeon mentioned that of his 30 patients that day, 100% were cyclists hit by cars...
Brian Garcia 4 months ago
I would also add adhere to traffic rules/signs. I live in the birthplace of the triathlon and the cyclists we have is epic...and it's inevitable many believe traffic lights and stop signs don't apply to them, other than risking lives they put out a bad reputation for other cyclists. And side note...for anyone who God forbid takes a tumble and knock with a helmet...NEW helmet immediately! Other word of caution, the E-bikes we have (schools, surf community) are everywhere, often speeding so just keep that head on a swivel.
Perigrine 5 months ago
Have been riding a bicycle for more than 40 years, in most provinces in Canada. In busy city streets and mountain roads. I always wear a helmet, have landed on my head several times with no real damage. Do you know what I call bicyclists that don't wear a helmet? Organ donors. (When it happens - they will likely die from brain damage but leave behind a remarkably healthy body)
KnightOwl86 5 months ago
2 of my uncles were hit by cars while cycling within a few months of each other. The first got a concussion so bad it permanently changed his personality and destroyed his life, he's now divorced, estranged from his 2 daughters, lost his job of more than 30yrs, started smoking and drinking excessively and lives with his new extremely toxic and controlling gf. My second uncle died on impact, the driver had been drinking and smoking weed and drove into the back of him, snapping his spine on 3 places. BOTH of my uncles were wearing helmets, imagine what happens to people who aren't wearing them. Be safe and wear a helmet, it just might save your life and save your loved ones some heartbreak.
Arenite 5 months ago
I grew up in the 70’s, and rode my bike everywhere. A helmet? Surely you jest. You’re lucky when I actually have my hands on the handlebars!
arthbach 5 months ago
This totally depends on where you live, and the cycling infrastructure that you use. In places where cars and bikes are kept seperate, the risk of being seriously hurt in an accident is tiny. You might leave some skin behind, or you might break a leg, but that's about it. The problem is having cars anywhere near bikes.
Gracie Lou 5 months ago
I knew a kid who was riding where there were no cars. He fell and smashed his head on a rock and nearly died. I'm firmly in the ALWAYS wear a helmet camp.
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JL 5 months ago
What worse, riding without a helmet, or all the helmeted cyclists that blatantly ignore all the traffic laws?
Jayjay 5 months ago
Or all the drivers that blatantly ignore pedestrians and cyclists ...
Load More Replies... Jayjay 5 months ago
Wearing a helmet on bikes is mandatory for everything like sports or anything that goes faster than 25 km/h. But here in the Netherlands biking on a normal leg-powered bike is just like walking :).
Becky Samuel 5 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/16/the-brain-is-very-vulnerable-dutch-cyclists-urged-to-wear-helmets-as-road-deaths-rise
Load More Replies... Verena 5 months ago (edited)
Dutch people prefer to die. It is their choice, of course, and too, to mock German tourists. But if you refuse to wear protective gear, then please stop with tear-filled stories in the media. Your relative is dead, due to misfortune, or a mistake they or others made. This is sad, yes. But when even the ERs start to send pleas for "wear helmets", then either refuse and tell your family to shut up, or wear one. PS. A thing many tourists don't know: By Dutch law the cyclist is never guilty, even if the car driver does everything perfectly correct, even standing still, and the cyclist crashes in the car by own fault. The cyclist is seen as the weakest participant in traffic, so they are almost always declared not guilty. In combination with "we are born on a bicycle and are perfect", this is a recipe for desaster and innocent car drivers dragged to court and having to pay large sums of money or end up in jail.
Jayjay 5 months ago
Sorry, you are very wrong, Verena, please, check your facts. First of all: we don't prefer to die, and for anything that goes faster than 25 km/h, a helmet is mandatory. And no, the driver is not always guilty but has to prove his/her innocence when bikers or pedestrians are involved (you want pedestrians to wear helmets as well?). And we don't do the huge american payouts (you will never get over a few thousand euros here, even that is a high sum). If the driver is found guilty, then he/she will get a "taakstraf" (community order), or can lose their driver's licence.
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Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago
It doesn't help when bicyclists completely ignore traffic laws, like most of them do here in Florida. (I'm aware that it's Florida and most people seem to have a death wish, but still...)
#5
Heat stroke, the heat can creep up on you.
#6
Herbivores
Just because they don't eat doesn't mean they are docile .. unlike a carnivorous, which asks 2 questions, am i hungry? Can I k**l you without serious damage? If one of them is no , it will just leave
But herbivores get a fight or flight. 99% they chose flight but God save you if it decides to fight .. .
Take toothpaste, for example. Most of us use it daily: some, even twice or more. But a Guardian report reveals that toothpaste can be contaminated with dangerous heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. The testing, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, uncovered alarming levels in several popular brands. It’s a startling reminder that even trusted staples deserve scrutiny.
#7
Flowing water inches deep can still have the strength to sweep you away if you’re not careful
#8
I stopped two German or Austrian tourists from touching a poisonous frog in Colombia. They had no idea. They were inches away with their phones.
I hadn't spoken German in years, but man my panic reaction brought those words to the tip of my tongue real fast.
Don't mess with wildlife, especially outside your own habitat.
#9
A crack in your toilet.
When porcelain breaks its razor sharp.
You are sitting on a cracked piece of porcelain, with your bare a*s and legs. One of the fastest ways to die is puncturing the femoral artery in your legs. What happens when your body weight causes the cracked porcelain to shatter, and your bare a*s and legs crash down on a collapsing pile of razor sharp porcelain shards.
In Canada, action is already being taken against another silent threat: baby bottles made from polycarbonate plastics. These bottles often contain BPA, a chemical known for mimicking estrogen. BPA is labeled a hormone disruptor because it interferes with natural hormone functions, especially in young children. Canada has moved to ban their sale for this reason. The bottles may look harmless, but the long-term risks are far from minor.
#10
Hitting your head. r/TBI is full of stories about simple slips and falls that resulted in death (at least temporarily) and lasting effects.
I simply fell on ice at work. Bam ! Unconscious, woke up saying “I was okay”. Got talked into getting in an ambulance. Started dying in the ambulance from a severe brain bleed. Coma, expected to die, survived. Lost most of my memory, emotional stability, the ability to easily make new memories, a ton of IQ.
Still… in all “I’m not dead !”
Auntriarch 5 months ago
A colleague was sitting on her desk, pushed herself forward to get off it, the leg she landed on broke in a very complicated way, they had to bring a surgeon from another area. She felt very silly, but one of the nurses said she'd seen people sustain that kind of fracture just stepping off the kerb.
#11
Dogs. Easy to forget about because they're lovely most of the time, but most medium.sized dogs could k**l you within seconds if they wanted to. Sharp teeth, strong jaws, agile bodies. Of course they've been bred to live with us, but we're still lucky almost none of them want to hurt anyone.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I respect dogs in the way that I always expect their wild side to come through at any given moment.
#12
Getting drunk going to sleep and choking on your own vomit. Always lay your drunk friends on their side, and lift their chin to open their airway. DO NOT lay them on their backs, friend died aged 32
According to the Missouri Poison Center, cherry pits pose another unexpected danger. They contain a compound called cyanogenic glycoside, which can turn deadly when consumed in large amounts. While it might take a significant dose to be fatal, a child accidentally swallowing several could be at serious risk. The danger lies in their small, unassuming appearance. Something so ordinary can quickly turn hazardous.
#13
Manipulations by chiropractors.
And if the manipulation doesn't k**l you, it can certainly cause paraplegia or quadriplegia, vertebral dissections.
The sad part is that chiropractors will never own up to the fact and they'll actually claim that patients are coming in with an active stroke. Unfortunately a lot of their research is skewed. I would highly recommend looking into the American medical association, particularly neurologist to see the detrimental effects that a chiropractor can have. It's unfortunate how many people die secondary to a chiropractic manipulations - particularly in the neck and back.
For reference, I am a occupational therapist who has seen plenty of paraplegics and quadriplegics secondary to chiropractic injury.
#14
Bears. Ppl getting too comfortable thinking they are just oversized racoons, not doing the mental effort to realize that oversized raccoons are terrifying too.
Alexia 5 months ago (edited)
And for heaven's sake, DO NOT TRY TO FEED OR PHOTOGRAPH THEM. They are wild, incredibly dangerous animals. Just 3 days ago, a tourist who stopped to feed and take a selfie with a bear was dragged in a ravine and mauled alive by the angry animal who had cubs (Transfagarasan, Romania). The last photos retrieved from his phone show the bear dangerously close and the victim happily ignoring it. https://tvpworld.com/87657591/bear-kills-selfie-taking-italian-biker-on-most-beautiful-road-in-the-world
#15
Rags covered in linseed oil can spontaneously combust when left in a pile.
I randomly discovered this fact in a reddit post titled, "The new guy burned down our workshop." A carpenter I know confirmed that this is a real thing.
I've been getting into refinishing old furniture, so I'm glad I learned this now. You'd think it'd be more common knowledge!
Falcon dimi 5 months ago
Also the case with WD-40. Got this info from fire prevention training
Household plants are another hidden risk we often forget. They brighten up homes, purify air, and add a decorative touch, but not all of them are safe. Varieties like daffodil, iris, and ivy are toxic if ingested. For families with curious kids or pets, these pretty greens can become a silent health hazard. It’s a gentle reminder to check before you pot that next plant.
#16
Doing your own electrical work. If you don’t know what you are doing, leave it to a professional or experienced person.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
And if you think you know what you're doing, research the Dunning-Kruger effect ;-)
#17
INHALANTS!!! AKA: Huffing. Intentionally inhaling anything aerosol, helium, nitrous, chemical with the intention of getting high. My 15 yr old brother was an artifact of that behavior when he died in a crash after his friend huffed air freshener while driving. AND they never went to jail because the law didn't include inhalants. My family went before congress and got the DUI law changed to include it, and it's known as "Keith's Law".
#18
Cheerleading. I had an accident and almost died because one of my teammates lost balance while I was on top, and that caused to fall. That fall broke my neck and I haven't been able to walk or move most of my body ever again.
Sometimes, we overlook broken appliances because they seem to work fine. But using damaged electrical devices can be a ticking time bomb. If faulty wiring or components aren’t addressed and your safety switch fails—electric shocks or worse can occur. Injuries in such cases can be fatal. It’s not just about functionality; it’s about unseen internal damage.
#19
Giving little babies water to drink. Doesnt have to be much, it k**ls them very easy
Stop_Fun:
There are a few reasons you can’t give a baby water.
One of the less important reasons is that water fills up their tummies and then they don’t get as hungry. Babies need plenty of calories to grow and if they’re not hungry they don’t get the calories.
The more important reason is that babies have tiny kidneys, and they can become overwhelmed easily. When babies have too much water, it dilutes the sodium content in their bodies which can lead to seizures. Their tiny kidneys just can’t keep up with the extra fluids being taken in.
Typically you can start giving your baby a LITTLE water at about 6 months or when they start solids. But that’s still only a few ounces at a time.
#20
Chainsaws. Never EVER use one unless you've at the very least googled how they work and basic safety. Different parts of the spinning chain enact different forces on the saw, and if you arent ready for them, or arent paying attention can be very very bad.
If you put the bottom of the bar on wood and it binds, it will pull you forward, possibly laying your head/chest right across the chain.
If you touch the top of the bar to wood it can fling back extremely fast and hard, if youre lucky a really bad gut punch.
If you touch the top 1/2 of the tip, you'll have just enough time to figure out what happened before you die if it kicks back and hits somewhere really dangerous (corotid artery, femoral artery etc.)
Every aspect of tree work is incredibly dangerous, dont try it at home unless you know what you're doing (and if you think you do you probably dont). Treat chainsaws like loaded guns. Dont go anywhere near running chippers, and keep yourself, your kids, and your pets the f**k away. Like hundreds of feet away. The people doing tree work have more than enough to worry about, they dont need to be babysitters too.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
"Untrained chain-saw operator" is rather like "drunk motorcyclist" - the problem solves itself...
#21
Garage door springs. let a pro fix it.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Pretty much everything that stores a lot of energy can be very dangerous. Unless you're working on them the torsion springs (above the top of the door) aren't likely to hurt you. The coil springs (along the tracks), OTOH can do all sorts of unpleasant things if the safety cable isn't threaded through them. Each spring may have the energy from lowering 100 p pounds of door 6' or so, and can release that energy a lot faster than a 100 pound rock can fall 6'. Somewhat related trivia: a typical afternoon thunderstorm can release far more energy than the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, but do it over a far greater duration.
Carpets are cozy, practical, and everywhere, from homes to offices. But while carpets themselves aren’t inherently dangerous, the chemicals involved in their installation can be. Glues and dyes often release volatile organic compounds, which can cause serious health issues. These emissions are strongest in the first 72 hours, but low-level exposure can persist for years. Breathing in something harmful while thinking you’re safe? That’s the real problem.
#22
Hi I’m in EMS.
Please wash your hands before you eat stuff, so many people come in contact with so many other people who have illnesses that can be contracted by eating with unclean fingers. Even if you’ve been around people you know all day you never know who they’ve been around, and sometimes it’s not even illnesses rather random germs AND I KNOW THIS IS OBVIOUS TO SOME PEOPLE but next time you see a local EMS crew eating food with their funny colored gloves on it’s because we’ve made a habit even if we hadn’t run any calls that day.
Of course if you aren’t in healthcare you’re not being exposed to as much but sometimes you need a reminder just how dirty the outside world really is lmao.
#23
Playing in a deep hole at the beach.
vaexorn:
We got a very scary close call with friends. 4 22-25 yo dudes digging a hole for hours, it was like 3m deep and all of a sudden one of the sides crumble, burrying one of my friend from the waist down, like it's impossible for him to move. Needless to say we got him out and closed the hole asap
Rob D 5 months ago (edited)
Interesting that literally the beach is the only place anyone even gets remotely tempted to dig a random, pointless, hole. Any other context it would be a chore. And if you and a buddy were chilling in the back yard drinking, and he just randomly looked over and said, hey let's dig a hole over there, for hours, and for no reason, you'd think they were crazy. 😂
#24
Rust. If you run into a hole in the ground with rusty stuff inside, that does not get good ventilation. Dont go in. Rust is iron combined with oxygen. And it can eat all of the oxygen in the air. And fun fact, your body cant tell how much oxygen is in the air, but does sense carbon dioxide is there. So you dont know you are going until you are dead.
And finally, beware of 20 mm lithium coin cell batteries, especially if you have small children. When swallowed, these batteries often lodge in the esophagus and begin causing damage within just two hours. The burns can create holes in the throat and even affect the trachea or aorta. The size makes them easy to overlook but the risk is extreme. It’s one of the most dangerous small items in a home.
#25
Black ice. Responsible for a broken arm and ankle so far.
Kyle Simonson 5 months ago
Broke 6 ribs and punctured my lung into places walking on black ice. Or I should say trying to walk on black ice.
#26
Ladders. People think you have to fall far to get hurt or die. 8 feet is plenty.
Stacy Carroll 5 months ago
My dad died from falling 5 feet off a ladder. He landed in such a way that he broke 2 vertebrae, a couple ribs which went through his lung, and hit his head.
#27
Horses
we've lived with them for so long that unless you spend regular time around them, you don't know just how unbelievably dangerous they are. It's a good thing they're so stupid or we'd be f****d.
Movies have people believing they're these docile creatures that live to serve humans. Those are the ones that have been trained *extensively*. They are otherwise 1500 pounds of dumb panicky hair-trigger muscle.
Emilu 5 months ago (edited)
I wouldn't say they're "stupid" by any means. They're just not as domesticated as, say, a dog is, and they're prey animals so of course their instinct is to run. Sure, they can be dangerous, as can any other animal. Doesn't mean they're dumb. I think the poster of this is stupider than a horse, personally.
Well, these posts are a powerful reminder that danger doesn’t always come with warning signs. It can be hiding in plain sight. Which one of these surprised you the most? Or have you ever had a close call with something that seemed totally harmless? Share your thoughts or experiences in the comments below. We're all ears (and slightly more cautious now)!
#28
Confined spaces.
If it only has one way in and out, especially if it is below ground, there is a very real possibility that there isn't enough oxygen in there to support life.
Even something as simple as rusting metal can remove the oxygen from the air and if there isn't airflow going through the space the oxygen-depleted air won't be replaced. Other processes can remove oxygen or produce actively toxic gases.
This sort of thing often kills more than one person as the first person to find the victim goes in to rescue them and becomes the second victim.
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago
I used to work for an EU based utility company (telecoms, power etc), I work in IT but as I might have had to make unscheduled and unescorted visits to some of their data centres and as they called they’re data centre in the same category of building as a telecom exchange they required me to do their basic H&s training for their telecoms guys. Out of a week, they spend 2 days on manholes - and that was only single level ones. They’re seriously dangerous places to the uninitiated.
#29
A dental infection. I went to grief support meetings, and a woman there lost her son to an impacted tooth that spread infection to his brain.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
Brain infections are bad. in rare cases even popping a zit or yanking out a nose hair can k**l you.
#30
Waterfall pressure
It takes a much smaller waterfall than most people realize to hold you underwater.
#31
Falling from regular standing height.
bearded_tattoo_guy:
Can verify..
Shattered my tailbone years back and still feel the repercussions. Its great.
#32
A grape.
My wife had a friend/coworker whose young daughter choked to death in front of her and her mother. They tried to dislodge the grape and nothing worked. By the time an ambulance got there, the girl was brain dead. It's about the worst thing I can imagine as a parent.
We were cutting our kids' grapes in half until they were 10 after that happening.
#33
A motorcycle. Crashed my Harley and have had 3 spinal surgeries, had 7 broken ribs, torn rotator cuffs....if I hadn't been wearing my helmet (which I didn't for years trying to be a tough guy/ idiot) I probably wouldn't be writing this. Helmet was scraped down to the inner layer.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Not wearing full leathers (or equivalent). It doesn’t matter how hot it is, or how inconvenient, put it all on! If you come off at speed, once that meat has been ground off the bone it’s not growing back. I know of someone that lost both her knee caps coming off her bike wearing jeans.
#34
If potatoes are not stored properly and becomes rotten, it produces a toxic gas and can make a person unconscious if they’ve inhaled enough, and or even death in some cases. There was a news article back in 2013 of an entire family in Russia that was k**led by it.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I heard about that one. One of them went down in the basement where they store their potatoes and immediate dropped down dead. Another member of the household went to check on them, same thing.
#35
Mixing bleach and ammonia when you clean provinces toxic gas that will make you REALLY sick.
#36
My forty six year old niece with no known health issues was getting ready to leave and looking for her keys. Her son heard a strange noise and found her lifeless on the kitchen floor. Husband did cpr until the paramedics shocked her a few times to bring her back. Spent two weeks in the hospital with some mild memory issues at first and a whole bunch of broken stuff in her chest from the cpr. Now back with a defibrillator implanted and no ill effects. She was incredibly lucky everything worked out. They said her heart just got out of rhythm and stopped. So scary and odd because there was nothing to blame or prevent. Sometimes it’s just your time.
Clown fish 5 months ago (edited)
You can't shock a stopped heart back to beating. Her heart wouldn't have stopped it would have been in A fib or B fib rhythm they shock it to make it beat in the right rhythm same as CPR is away to get it back into rhythm
#37
I'm gonna ruin a lot of people's day, but: cracking your neck.
I used to be a habitual neck cracker, I definitely started in my teens. December 16, 2016 I c*****d my neck and dissected my left vertebral artery, leading directly to a stroke in my occipital lobe. I was 34.
I was at LGA waiting on a flight home when this happened, a doctor, who was also flying home, noticed that I was having some sort of brain trauma and called 911. He was a gastroenterologist so he was going off of what he knew about brain trauma from medical school. After an MRI confirmed my stroke, my neurologist told me that my life would have been much more in jeopardy if I hadn't gotten help immediately.
No, I didn't use my hands to manipulate my head/neck in any way. This was a simple, everyday pop back and forth, something I'd done for multiple decades.
Be careful with your body.
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
C*****D in the context of joints should NOT be censored. Get a grip BP, this is literally out of control. Your censorship is actually generating poor spelling and illiteracy. Stop. The world is real. So are the experiences and words to describe them. Stop censoring.
#38
Pressure washers are quite lethal
swithinboy59:
Can confirm - pressure washers are dangerous. My one stripped a layer of my sandal sole off when I accidentally blasted my foot with it and it stung for about a day. It's not a super duper ultra powerful pressure washer either.
#39
Kangaroos.
Petting a kangaroo as a tourist can end in disembowelment, they get on their tails and use their full force to kick your stomach with claws that'll slice your stomach like a scalpel.
And that's not even the Red Kangaroo, which will literally punch you to death, is 1.8M tall and has arms so ripped they are bigger then most active humans.
#40
Hippos can decapitate with ease.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Or, to be slightly more clear, "Hippos can decapitate *you* with ease "
#41
Slipping down the stairs.
Yes some people know stairs can be dangerous. But many don’t realize how deadly residential stairs can be.
#43
All the food left on the counter and as little as 28 hours, food left out overnight can develop a toxic bacteria that's lethal.
Just a couple months ago in the news some college girls ended up dying cuz they ate some fried rice that they had left out
#44
Pushing dead trees over. If you try to explain this to people you will always have a hick show up to tell you how much of a woke p***y you are for warning people.
When you push a dead tree the top lags behind, if you are giving it the ol heave ho' the top will begin to sway the opposite direction to the direction you're pushing... If the trees dead there a very high chance the top could break off and will fall direction onto your head.
People die like this, people get brain damage from this and it's not worth it.
AuspiciousTree283 5 months ago (edited)
Took a bit to think, but, what OP is saying is that the top of a dead tree is fragile, and it might break and fall on you if you're trying to sway it over.
#45
Eating, or simply interacting with an unidentified mushroom.
Seriously, most of the toxic mushrooms have poison that either kills you or pucks you up so bad that you wish it k****d you. And in several occasions you don't even have to eat it, just by touching it or even breathing its spores will do.
Jim Day 5 months ago
This is an Amanita muscaria, while iconic and often associated with fairy tales, this mushroom is poisonous and can cause hallucinations, nausea, and other symptoms if consumed. It has been used historically in some cultural rituals, but ingestion is dangerous without expert knowledge. [ChatGPT] If you can leave it to the pros, it is the active ingredient in some gummies on the market now
#46
Tylenol, the dangerous dosage is only about 4 times the therapeutic dosage (2 pills helps with the pain, 8 seriously hurts you)
#47
A lot of med interactions. Mucinex DM with antidepressants, tylenol for a hangover. Always look up the potential drug interactions of medications. Every time.
I've had doctors give me some deadly cocktails because they neglected to check it against the meda I was already taking. It happens more than you'd think.
#50
Using a massage gun on your neck...
While handheld massage guns are generally safe to use on muscles, using them on the neck can be dangerous. The high vibrations produced by massage guns can injure unprotected areas of the neck, and in rare cases, can cause soft tissue damage or stroke-like symptoms.
Eugenia 🇮🇹🤌 5 months ago
A few years ago, a woman was getting a neck massage with her shiatsu electric pillow, which had a sort of automatic moving fingers. She was wearing a necklace which tangled in those fingers and stran***d her...
#51
Cold water when it's a hot day, so if you jump in a cold river or lake, muscles can spasm and you'll drown pretty quick.
FlamingoPanda 5 months ago
As someone who regularly swims in chilly water (around 12 deg C) first thing I learnt is to ensure you have an exit strategy that does not depend on strength, you should be able to just wade out if possible. Second was to never go in too deep or into unknown depth of water, waist deep is pretty good to be able to stand in if your muscles spasm. Third is never go alone, have a buddy and ensure the buddy knows how to get help or there is a life ring to throw out to you (buddy should not jump in too as they get into difficulties as well).
#52
Party buses. My wife's cousin was on one a couple of years ago. They were all dancing on the bus while it was driving on the 101 freeway in LA and she slipped and fell against the door. The door gave way and she fell out of the bus at freeway speeds and was immediately run over by a car. There wasn't much left of her, closed casket for sure. She was celebrating her 30th birthday but instead she died and left behind 5 kids all under 10.
#53
Falling debris. Anything falling from roller coasters, trees, skyscrapers, airplanes, bridges, failing spacecraft, helicopters, meteors, hell maybe just a fat goose who had a heart attack.
#54
An angle grinder disc shattering. Wrong disc, no guard, a split second of carelessness. And your brain becomes splatter on the wall. No second chances, no 'oops.' Just an instant finish.
#55
People who like to eat peanut butter on a spoon, TAKE SMALL PORTIONS ONLY! A full rounded spoon of it can easily block your airways and because it is often too dry it makes it very difficult to swallow fast enough.
#56
Your body can't detect the lack of oxygen, only increased levels of CO2. If you climb into a tank with no O2 and no CO2 in it, you will quickly fall uncouncious and die, without noticing the danger.
Another one is H2S gas, can paralyze your olifactory system before you realize something is amiss. K**ls in seconds if you are at high enough doses... And that is less than 0.1% concentration H2S in air. .
Billo66 5 months ago (edited)
This is somewhat related to my breathing problem. I have O2 in my blood but apparently my lungs expel too much co2 so my body thinks I need oxygen. It's a form of my COPD, also chronic bronchitis. It's fun when my hemoglobin falls out too. Plenty of o2 but nothing to carry it. Never a dull day though :)
#57
Falling down four steps - lacerated my liver.
#58
Norovirus. I fainted while on the toilet, woke up vomiting on my back. I was alone.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
I think she meant on her back vomiting, which is like the worst position to be in especially if it happens during a faint. That being said, Norovisrus is *nasty*. If you're alone then give up on any hope of dignity and just lie on your side on the floor even if you poop and puke all over yourself. Trust me, you'll soon stop caring when just staying awake becomes the prime life goal. And when you think it has settled down, just lie there a while, don't try to go clean yourself up or you'll drop like a Richard Scarry truck of watermelons. If you are forward thinking enough, grab a bottle of water on the way to the toilet. You'll want to *sip* it before trying to get yourself going again. And know that it'll feel like you got trampled in a rugby scrum and things you didn't even know you had will hurt. [ask me how I know...]
#59
Getting into your car to go to work each day is very dangerous.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
Getting out of the car when you arrive at work is also part of the problem
#61
Downed power lines after a rainstorm. Friend of a friend of a friend died from this after getting out of his car w/o checking.
Andrew Keir 5 months ago
(Metal) cars are surprisingly good protection against electric shock. Stay in them.
#62
A rogue brick on the highway.
Boris Long-Johnson 5 months ago (edited)
And a rogue stone, nail, bit of metal, bit of wood, land mine, trou de loup etc etc! The point being what? I suspect this is missing the point and would be far better says debris or just saying that driving in dangerous.
#63
Eating polar bear liver. You’ll die of vitamin A poisoning. Vitamin A is not water soluble and eating too much can lead to painful symptoms and death. One polar bear liver has enough to k**l over 50 adults.
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Sparkle 5 months ago
I have decided that bathrooms are the most dangerous room in the house.
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Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
"Things that could fіnіish you off" - as the current title is - sounds much more brutal than kіll or dеadly, or is that just me.
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago (edited)
Lava will k!ll you very quickly. My daughter used to cry out that the floor was lava and we had to seek a high place as quickly as possible until it cooled. I watched in horror when Anakin burned, so I wasn't taking any chances.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
In the event that the floor turns to lava, you can actually use throw pillows to safely cross the lava.
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Child of the Stars 5 months ago
I didn't see it on this one, but if you're going camping, find out what the fire restrictions are ahead of time and OBEY THEM TO THE LETTER. I don't care how experienced you think you are. If the Forest Service says no campfires, DON'T BUILD A F.UCKING CAMPFIRE.
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Only Panda would have a gallery called "50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds" and then censor everyone who uses the word "kíll". Panda is a joke.
David Paterson 5 months ago (edited)
Very few of these are as dangerous as sport. Any type of sport. Skiing, football, basketball, car racing, etc.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
I think most people already know such things can be dangerous or lethal.
Load More Replies... Sparkle 5 months ago
I have decided that bathrooms are the most dangerous room in the house.
Load More Replies... Bartlet for world domination 5 months ago
"Things that could fіnіish you off" - as the current title is - sounds much more brutal than kіll or dеadly, or is that just me.
Chris the Bobcat 5 months ago (edited)
Lava will k!ll you very quickly. My daughter used to cry out that the floor was lava and we had to seek a high place as quickly as possible until it cooled. I watched in horror when Anakin burned, so I wasn't taking any chances.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
In the event that the floor turns to lava, you can actually use throw pillows to safely cross the lava.
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
I didn't see it on this one, but if you're going camping, find out what the fire restrictions are ahead of time and OBEY THEM TO THE LETTER. I don't care how experienced you think you are. If the Forest Service says no campfires, DON'T BUILD A F.UCKING CAMPFIRE.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
Only Panda would have a gallery called "50 Things Most People Don’t Know Could Finish You Off In Seconds" and then censor everyone who uses the word "kíll". Panda is a joke.
David Paterson 5 months ago (edited)
Very few of these are as dangerous as sport. Any type of sport. Skiing, football, basketball, car racing, etc.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
I think most people already know such things can be dangerous or lethal.
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