If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the United States is contaminated with bacteria. Spontaneous human combustion is most likely to happen during a period of strong magnetic disturbance. An adult has a 1 in 33 chance of losing his or her job during the next year. If you are laid off or fired, your worries may soon be over.
Death rates are significantly higher among the unemployed.
The more people in the swimming pool with you, the higher your chances of ingesting Cryptosporidium parvum . Highly resistant to chlorine, this emerging pathogen is transmitted through fecal excrement and causes nausea, abdominal cramps and acute diarrhea lasting 7 to 14 days. A runaway satellite weighing about two tons would impact the Earth at a speed of 200 to 400 mph and cause an explosion big enough to destroy a three-bedroom house. Many of the world's major cities contain as many rats as people. Hackers infiltrate Pentagon computers more than 160,000 times a year.