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We all know about the major statistics -- thousands of people die from things like cancer, accidents, or other illnesses every day. But did you know that enough people die from falling out of bed or getting a snack out of a vending machine that these things qualify as death statistics?
 
1. Texting while driving kills 6,000 annually in the U.S. alone

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A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) reports that a driver's risk of collision is 23 times greater when they are texting.
 
2. Hippos kill 2,900 people annually in Africa

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Many experts believe that the Hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal in all of Africa. Weighing up to 8,000 pounds, a Hippo can gallop 18 mph and have been known to upset boats for no reason and bite the passengers with their huge, sharp teeth. Not only that, but Hippos are aggressive, unpredictable and have no fear of humans. People die most often when they get between a hippo and deep water or between a mother and her calf.
 
3. Autoerotic Asphyxiation Kills 600 people annually

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Autoerotic asphyxiation is the act of strangling or suffocating yourself to heighten sexual arousal and orgasm. Depriving the brain of oxygen gives a person a dizzy, high feeling, however it's all too easy to make a mistake and accidentally kill yourself while practicing this dangerous sex act. Just ask the 600 people per year who die while masturbating. Oh wait, you can't ask them... because they're dead.
 
4. Falling out of bed kills 450 people annually in the U.S.

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According to the Center for Disease Control, falling out of bed accounts for 1.8 million emergency room visits and over 400 thousand hospital admissions each year. The very young and the very old are most at risk, and with decreased stability as we age, people over the age of 65 tend to fare the worst when falling.
 
5. Icicles kill 100 people per year in Russia

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Each year dozens are killed when sharp icicles fall from snowy rooftops and land on hapless victims on the sidewalks below.
 
6. Jellyfish kill 20-40 people per year in the Philippines alone



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