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Since 1978, 37 people have died by Vending Machine's falling on them

13 people are killed annually. All this while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.

A 1995 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission study found that at least 37 deaths and 113 injuries occurred due to falling vending machines between 1978 and 19959. These full-size machines can weigh over 450 kilograms (990 pounds), create a serious risk when tilt.

The reason vending machines are dangerous isn't because they're inherently deadly devices—it's because frustrated customers resort to shaking, rocking, and tilting these heavy machines when things go wrong. 

The most tragic part? These incidents are completely preventable. People don't attack vending machines out of malice—they do it out of frustration when the customer service experience fails them. When a machine "steals" their money or fails to deliver their purchase, customers feel they have no recourse but to take matters into their own hands.

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If we had the same mortality rate now as in 1900, more than half the people in the world today would not be alive

While an exact number is impossible to determine, the claim that more than half the people currently alive would not be if 1900 mortality rates still applied is highly likely to be correct. The dramatic decrease in infant mortality is the primary reason for this, alongside overall higher life expectancy.

The mortality rate for children under five has plummeted from 40% two hundred years ago to just 3.7% today. In 1901, about 1 in 7 infants in England and Wales died. By 1973, that figure had fallen to 1 in 59. If a comparable infant mortality rate of around 150 deaths per 1,000 live births from 1900 were still in effect, the number of people surviving to adulthood would be significantly lower.

In 1900, the global average life expectancy was only 32 years. Thanks to vast improvements in medicine, public health, and living standards, that figure had more than doubled to 73 years by 2023. This means many more people are surviving into middle and old age than was possible in 1900.

In 1900, infectious diseases like influenza, pneumonia, and tuberculosis were the leading causes of death, especially for the young. Today, these diseases are largely treatable in developed countries, and deaths are more commonly caused by degenerative diseases in older populations, such as heart disease and cancer.

The survival rate to age 60 has skyrocketed: Comparing successive generations shows just how much survival rates have increased. For instance, 94% of men born in 2022 are expected to survive to age 60, compared to only 59% of men born in 1905. The same trend is seen in women, where the survival rate increased from 66% to 96% over the same period.

This means the population alive today is both much larger and older on average than it would be under 1900 mortality conditions, making it safe to conclude that a large portion of the current population would not have survived.

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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket

The invention of the microwave oven is credited to Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon, who in 1945 noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket melt while he was working near an active radar magnetron tube. 

He then built an enclosed metal box and placed food inside, creating the first true microwave oven. The first commercial microwave, named the "Radarange," was developed by Raytheon in 1947.

Today, 90 percent of American homes have microwave ovens. And though Spencer never profited from his patent on the device.

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The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351

The Black Death is estimated to have reduced the population of Europe by one-third between 1347 and 1351, with modern estimates ranging from one-third to one-half of the total population during that period. 

This devastating pandemic resulted in the deaths of an estimated 25 to 50 million people across Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe between 1347 and 1351.

The total number of deaths in Europe is estimated to be between 25 and 50 million, or roughly one-third to one-half of the population.

While the overall figure for Europe was about one-third, some of the most severely affected areas may have lost up to 80% of their population.

Records from places like England suggest that the population was about half of what it was before 1348, and about 1,000 villages were depopulated or disappeared entirely.

The plague was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which can result in septicemic, pneumonic, and bubonic forms of the plague.

Humans usually become infected through the bite of an infected rodent, flea or by handling an infected animal. Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious illness or death.