What are the Odds?
The Scenario: Being struck by lightning
The Odds: 1 in 240,000
There's a reason lightning strikes and lotteries are often mentioned in the same sentence. Only about 100 people in the United States die each year from lightning. Most strikes occur from June through August. Serious burns are actually rare. The most common injury is nervous system damage from the voltage.
The Scenario: Dying in a tornado
The Odds: 1 in 5 million
About 60 people are killed each year by tornados; the usual cause of death is flying or falling debris.
The Scenario: Dying from a bee, hornet, or wasp sting
The Odds: 1 in 5.33 million
Only a few dozen people die each year from severe allergic reactions to stings
The Scenario: Being bitten by a venomous snake
The Odds: 1 in 37,250
Although snakes bite roughly 45,000 Americans each year, fewer than 20 percent of those are from venomous snakes. Only 12 people a year die from a bite.
The Scenario: Being attacked by a shark
The Odds: 1 in 11.5 million
You're far more likely to sustain an injury from a toilet seat than a shark, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). Only 23 people were involved in unprovoked shark attacks in 2000, and that was the record year for attacks.
The Scenario: Being attacked by a bear
The Odds: 1 in 36 million
Twelve people, on average, are mauled by bears each year in North America
hah. jst smth i found pretty interesting (:
trng+ sch was good. how rare huh. well, peter actually allowed us to play basketball on wed. and i didnt trng on tue afternoon. so.. thats partly why i found trng good this week i suppose. hah.
the time table for mid years are out and im so gna die with so much to revise.
lesson learnt from last year - dont study bio one day before the exam cause mr lee is gna give u 69 and make you 1 mark short of an A2.
haha. mr lee.
i had 3 hrs straight of bio today. i didnt fall asleep! :D
okay i dnt have anything else to blog abt i think.
jst that vanessa, delfina, dan, aloy and i have been actively talking abt this person whom we appreciate a lot. dont we? ;)
20 more mins (:Labels: fourteen going on sixteen
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