It’s Shark Week this week, an annual event that is now celebrating its 25^th anniversary. Micah Zenko argues that more people have probably died from shark-attacks on screen than in real life. Since less than one America dies each year from shark attacks he compiled a list of things more deadly to Americans than sharks:

• Dogs. Man’s best friend has a murderous streak – canines kill 16 people a year.
• Fireworks. They may finish off a Disney Land show but they also finish off 6.6 people a year.
• Trampolines. Perhaps it’s an Olympic sport because 1.1 people die on one every year.
• Skydiving. To be fair this is really just natural selection at work. Americans don’t really have…feathers.

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Source: Foreign Policy

Via: Freakonomics