The indisputable truth of life is that every person who comes into this world will die sooner or later; It's unavoidable. Death is both depressing and mysterious at the same time. This is what awaits each of us at the end of our life. Sometimes people resort to various ways to avoid death, but no one can change this rule of creation. There are many amazing and shocking facts in the world related to death. Today we will tell you about the strangest and creepiest of them.
1. About 153 thousand people die every day around the world
One in 113 people die every year in the world. Below is the data on mortality among people now living on Earth based on these statistics.
1.78 deaths per second
107 deaths per minute
6,390 deaths per hour
153 thousand deaths every day
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56 million deaths a year
3.9 billion deaths per life expectancy (70 years)
2. Death from shark collisions
The whole world knows that the shark is considered the most dangerous and deadly fish. However, many are surprised to learn that about 12 people die from shark attacks a year, while people kill about 11,417 sharks every hour.
3. Immortality
The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish are officially the only immortal creatures on planet Earth. They live forever.
4. Men who die by hanging have postmortem erections
Men who die by hanging have a postmortem erection known as rigor erectus. Posthumous erection, formally priapism, is commonly seen in the corpses of men who have been executed by hanging.
5. In the US, more than 7,000 people die every year due to poor handwriting of doctors
In America, the terrible handwriting of doctors kills over 7,000 patients every year. This is a shocking statistic. Moreover, more than 1.5 million Americans suffer annually due to errors in prescription-related preventive treatment. Most of these errors are represented by fuzzy abbreviations and dosages. It's worth noting that 3.2 billion prescriptions are issued in the US every year.
6. Feeding the dead to vultures
The Parsis, an ethno-confessional group of followers of Zoroastrianism in India, do not bury the bodies of the dead in the ground, but feed them to vultures.
7. Lefties live less than right-handers
You'd be surprised to learn that left-handers live on average three years less than right-handers.
8.200 dead bodies on Mount Everest
The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest; every year millions of people come to the Himalayas to enjoy the beauty or to overcome this mountain peak. However, you should know that, according to statistics, there are more than 200 corpses on the highest point of the Earth.
9. World War II
The most dangerous and destructive war in the history of mankind is known to everyone as World War II. It killed millions of lives. But you will be amazed to learn that 80 percent of all men born in the Soviet Union in 1923 died fighting on the fronts of World War II.
10. Suicide
Most do not know how many people commit suicide due to the fact that they cannot cope with the accumulated problems in their lives. Suicides happen all over the world, however you will be surprised to know that New York is the "city of suicides". Suicides are more common here than anywhere else in the world.
11. One woman dies every hour for a dowry in India
The dowry is a social evil and curse, but the traditions associated with it are deeply rooted in the minds of people, especially in India. You will be surprised to learn that one woman is killed every hour in India in the course of dowry crimes.
12. Every hour, one person dies because of drivers who got behind the wheel while intoxicated
A lot of people around the world die as a result of road traffic accidents or natural disasters. However, did you know that there is one death every hour due to drunk-driving drivers?
13. One pregnant woman dies every minute and a half
Motherhood is the most beautiful thing in the world. However, the statistics darken her. According to medical records, one woman dies every minute and a half (during pregnancy or childbirth) due to lack of proper treatment and good conditions.
14.20 thousand children die of hunger every day
Even today, the level of poverty and hunger in the world remains very high. Almost 70 percent of the world's population lives below the poverty line, but even more tragic is the fact that nearly 20,000 children die every day due to hunger and poverty.
15. One suicide every 40 seconds
It is true: in the world every 40 seconds, one person voluntarily dies.