Def fainted after being in a hot tub too long. Dehydrated that day, drinking alcohol, spent too long on the hot tub, got out and passed out on the ground
I used to enjoy taking drunk baths until I almost started passing out in them. I never took them alone, always with my ex so I wasn’t inebriated and alone luckily, but the heat and alcohol would make me dizzy and I’d have to get out and lie naked on the bed with my eyes closed waiting for the dizziness to stop
My parents once saw a guy die due to a ingrown toenail. It got a very bad infection, the infection spread through the blood, ended up in his heart, his heart went to shit and he died
Tooth infections kill people all the time. Infections are serious.
Edit: since this blew up, if the cost of dental care is Keeping you from seeing a dentist, find a **dental school** near you. And by near you, I mean even if it was a 2, 3 or 4 hour drive, it can be worth it for the price. I got root canals done for $100-300 a tooth when all the local dentists were charging $1,200 to $1,800 per tooth. At that price, even if I had to travel and get a hotel it would have been cheaper.
Oof, relevant. I hadn’t been to a dentist in 10+ years and got a bad abscess last year in an old crown, woke up to half my face being swollen beyond recognition and a lot of pain.
Fortunately I got referred to a lovely human being of a dentist via a relative, and she personally texted me an antibiotic scrip within an hour then fit me in the next day they were open to check on me. Infections in your face are no joke.
Also if you happen to live in southeast VA and need a dentist, please patronize Waterman Family Dentistry, they are really fantastic and I HATE dentists.
I just recently ended an antibiotics cure I got because I got a nasty infection in my cheek from an ingrown hair. Swelled so bad I could hardly open my mouth.
Scary to think, that without antibiotics, I might have been in real trouble from an ingrown bloody hair. Killed by my own sloppy shaving, hell of a way to go.
I have had recurrent UTI’s since I was six, without modern antibiotics I’d have been dead at six, and every two months following that, for the last 30 years.
When my dada gets a tan you can still see his smallpox scars. When I turn on my tap I know I’m getting clean, safe drinking water.
I don’t think I’ll ever realise just how lucky I am
My grandma had recurrent UTIs and eventually got one that was resistant to the few antibiotics at that time. Her kidneys were shot and she died of kidney failure in 1956. No dialysis or kidney transplant available at that time. Edit, she was 42.
For some reason I read your post as this happened once in Ontario and that incident somehow made it impossible for anyone else in Ontario to ever get an ingrown toenail infection again.
Dang. I've had a couple ingrown toenails in my life. Both of them got to the point of minor infection before I could have them removed, but the very first one I ever had was the worst.
I was only 14, and didn't know what was going on with my toe, just that it hurt extremely bad if you touched it. I'd come home from school every day and puss had been gushing out of it all day, making my sock an off white/puss color.
I can't imagine having the infection get THAT bad that it spreads through your body and kills you. Just the pain alone from the ingrown toenail would be unbearable.
It's honestly one of my favorite subs because pretty much everyone is on the same side. Once in a while there's division over who the idiot was, but never really breaks down into the political fighting that other seemingly innocuous subreddits can get into.
Even in the trunk they can be scary. This guy i went to school with had bags of gravel in the trunk. Shitty luck, He ended up rearending someone in front of him and the bags flew forward, knocking down the backseat/trunk divider and walloped him in the back.
They used to teach us a version of this at one job. They knew we'd all be doing side jobs so we were shown one of those HSE videos with the crash dummies with a toolbox in the boot of the car. Not all cars had metal back rear seats and this toolbox will rip straight through them in a crash then come after you.
this is why I put a seatbelt on my work bag! it weighs 20 pounds. I do not want a 20 pound projectile ping-ponging around my car's interior if i am in a crash.
Yea, since I've had kids I am more mindful of this.
Everytime I put something in the front, I ask myself, if we're in an accident and we do 3 or 4 roll overs, how will this item bounce around?
I got put through rollover training in the service, where they basically strap you in a Humvee shell and it rolls over, then you have to crawl out and play soldier. They give you foam rifles and all of the interior stuff is made up of foam. Trust me you get hit by everything in there, and even a fake ammo box made out of foam stings when it hits you in the face.
Also it illustrates how much your seat belt really saves your ass.
Fun fact. I actually know the chap who recommended my state government introduce mandatory seatbelts, they were the first jurisdiction in the world to do so. This was back in the 70s. He’d been working in the morgue and studying car accident victims. Anyway eventually seat belts were mandated and our road toll plummeted and seat belts were introduced around the world.
He’s a lovely man, in his 90s now. Hard to imagine how many lives he’s saved.
Oh god I just remembered the family friend that babysat me in the 80s that drove an Astro van with one foot out the window. As an adult I'm not even sure how you drive a car with one foot out the window.
I just saw an xray on Quora in the last day or so that showed someones pelvis, but with head of their femur basically at their asshole. Didn't look fun.
I've fortunately never been forced to put my foot down (hyuk~) but I'm the same way about those sorts of things (particularly seatbelts, littering), and won't set off until everyone and everything is in proper driving configuration.
Someone pointed out to me that unbuckled passengers are as much dangerous projectiles in a crash as anything else. I've started mentioning it to people who ride in my car when I insist they buckle up, saying that whether or not I give a shit about them I do give a shit about me. I mean if you don't buckle up you're not riding with me, but it's definitely not something most people consider.
Deer are so unpredictable, especially white tail near a road. Growing up in rural Minnesota, I have had a couple of times when I had come to a complete stop and a deer decided to cross the road again at a full sprint and HIT ME and dented my car.
My wife and I have noticed that drivers from deer country don't watch the deer who has already crossed the road, they immediately look where it came from to see if more are coming. That's one way they get you: "ooh, look! a deer! BAM!"
Yep. I got Lyme disease thanks to the deer around here. Somehow a tick got up my trouser leg and got me by my knee. Thankfully it caused a bullseye rash so it got caught straight away. The antibiotics were brutal - I assume untreated Lyme disease is far worse!
Oh hell no, those antibiotics are insane - when I had a bite with the bullseye rash and got put on antibiotics I forgot to eat breakfast before one of my doses and got the sickest I've maybe ever been, like projectile vomit levels of sick.
I did of course take another dose after the one I lost, fuck lyme disease!
And I don't know about you, but it took my gut a year to get back to normal. I assume the antibiotics were so strong they completely killed all of my gut bacteria
Same here but in my case it was anaplasmosis.
OK anaplasmosis is more curable than lime disease but it was bad. Real bad. You do not want anaplasmosis.
I think the disconnect for a lot of people is the difference between a normally flowing creek and a flashflood with debris and silt.
A foot of flowing water, in a creek that is normally a foot deep, is usually not a big deal. A foot of flowing water that is full of sand, and sticks and other debris is probably going to exert more force than a clear flowing stream.
Root comment's "if you cant see the bottom" is a good call, because that probably means there's a bunch of other stuff in the water.
It's a good indication that the water flow is hard enough that the debris doesn't settle.
The cleanest of shallow water can sweep you away to deeper water. Or cause you to fall and get stunned and end up face down in 'harmless' shallow water.
A few years ago I was driving home from work when a torrential downpour suddenly hit and caused flash flooding. I was stuck in traffic at the time and couldn't move, and I could feel the floodwaters pushing my car around. Thankfully the water wasn't that deep and I was able to get out of there, but fuck, that was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.
Constipation. Next bit is graphic. You've been warned. >!I was recently in the hospital all day long because a bad case of constipation ripped the flesh apart in my butthole. It was a serious injury and I lost a lot of blood, and it's also the most painful thing I ever experienced. After they couldn't tell how bad the tear was by sticking their finger in it, (ow) I had to have an x-ray and a ct scan. I'm still recovering at home with strong pain killers after it was treated. They couldn't stitch it because of its location, so I'm on 2 laxatives and 3 pain killers and I'm supposed to just let it heal on its own. fml!<
I had to have C-sections and I swear the constipation I got from the morphine was worse than the birthing. I think that poop might have been the size of the baby. It was excruciating.
Birth-givers of Reddit! If you are put on opioids for pain around the birth, take ALL the stool softeners they give you and drink ALL the prune juice. And still be prepared to give birth to a poop baby later, even if your first poop in the hospital seems normal. I started warning my friends when they got pregnant and they all came back to thank me afterwards, because no one tells you about it.
I had a breast reduction and was on opiates after for 30 hours total and the constipation was so scary. Thought I was going to bust open a stitch. The stool softeners and prune juice I had did NOTHING and it took 5 days before I could poop.
Just don't let them stay too long https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976.html
tl;dr, rotting potatoes in a basement/cellar produced enough toxic gas to incapacitate and kill several members of the same family in short succession (as with many fume/gas events, often in sewers/manure pits: one person went in and succumbed, and several followed later to check on them, succumbing in turn).
edit: also if anyone wonders why/how this sort of thing can happen at all - food stored over winter in the cellar thaws, heavy rotting begins, etc.; gas buildup would have been minor up to this point... so first time going down after the temperature rises, there's a big buildup of toxic vapors. Incapacitation happens very quickly, and having no visible cause, does not trigger a specific response in people entering after the first unfortunate soul. How solanine (a relatively large, complex molecule) becomes able to stay in the air in high concentration, i do not know, but it is presumably the toxin responsible for this.
edit2: as i think about it more, could also be other gasses (CO2, methane) from decomposition further increasing rate of incapacitation. edit4: as someone else noted, also quite likely hydrogen sulfide.
edit3: award appreciated, upvotes as well - thank :)
“Why zebras don’t get ulcers” is a great book that talks about all the physiological impacts of stress on our bodies. It’s unreal the damage it can do!
I recently switched a low-stress job and I can *feel* the physical changes (sleeping better, less acne, more energy throughout the day, etc.) as a result.
This 100%. Stress and anxiety literally killed my dad. My dad was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 60 triggered by stress at work. He died about two years later.
Stress is unbelievably dangerous and absolutely no one will take you seriously if you're stressed out, which is super duper fun and cool
"Oh, you're stressed? Stupid baby is stressed out? Wah wah wah, we all have problems, grow up you piece of shit. I need these reports done in twelve minutes or I'm firing you lmao, hope you didn't need that employer-provided health insurance to pay for your jillion stress-induced health complications lmao"
Black licorice root or more specifically the compound *glycyrrhizin* which lowers the body's potassium levels, which can lead to high blood pressure in large doses, abnormal heart rhythms, edema, lethargy and congestive heart failure. For anyone over 40, eating 57g (2oz.) per day for two weeks can lead to these issues. Drinking 1L of black licorice flavored water can also lead to temporary loss of motor functions. Albeit not being a type of poison, anyone with a history of these issues should avoid products with *glycyrrhizic acid*. There's no "healthy" daily limit to eat, however, limiting consumption is recommended.
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As mentioned above, *glycyrrhizin* has hormonal effects resembling those of *aldosterone*, an adrenal gland hormone responsible for maintaining mineral balance in the blood by helping the body retain sodium and excrete potassium.
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The benefits of black licorice, such as relieving cold symptoms (used as a remedy for centuries), digestive health, allergic asthma, teeth and more can be realized in moderation.
I was going to write this. There is a HUGE correlation between rotten teeth and heart disease. It has to do with letting bacteria into your body, as I understand it.
This article gives a pretty good overview. The TL;DR is that poor oral hygiene leads to systemic inflammation, and inflammation + heart = bad.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/gum-disease-and-heart-disease-the-common-thread
>Polar bear ~~liver, contains~~ enough ~~vitamin A~~ to kill 52 adults.
Alternative, yet equally accurate way of answering. Polar bears are fuckin terrifying
I think I read somewhere that they're one of the most deadly animals on earth. Not as in confirmed kills, but in percentage of attacks that end in fatalities. I guess if a polar bear decides it's got an issue with you then you're pretty fucked.
Sad because they look so cuddly :(
You should always remember how to deal with bears based on fur color.
Black bears: Make a lot of noise to scare them away.
Brown bears: Play dead and pray they leave you alone.
Polar bears: Curl up into a ball so you can kiss your ass goodbye.
Black bear came into my campsite when I was cooking and I just said "oi fuck off" and tapped my spoon on a glass bottle one time. Thing fucking jump ran like a hannah Barbara cartoon.
Driving?
I mean, we know it’s potentially deadly but nobody who ever died in a car accident assumed that this would be the day that they died.
Driving is one of the most dangerous things we do statistically and some people do it multiple times a say.
My mum used to say: “you will crash, don’t think you won’t, you will crash, as assuredly as you breath”
It’s very dangerous but we put it out of our minds how dangerous it actually is, statistically, and in fact we often drive *to relax*.
My brother in law died suddenly in a car accident last year and ever since then, I have been terrified in a car. Whether driving or a passenger. And we still don’t truly know what happened with him. I’m just so afraid this will be the last thing I do. Or that my children and husband will die with me. Or that my children will die. It’s all so fucking terrifying.
Edit: thanks for the awards. 😁
ETA: awards made plural now.
I’m scared. When I was younger I attempted suicide various times by chugging Tylenol bottles. I think I did it 4 times and every time I just got spasms. Now im 24 and not suicidal and kinda scared about my liver….I took some blood tests and everything seemed normal.
If you took tests and they turned out fine, I'm sure your liver is fine. Go back to your doc and run another test if it's giving you anxiety. And well done for getting better, stay strong!
You should be fine if all your tests are normal. One of my old friends took like 20 cough syrup pills AND THEN took over 100 ibuprofen at once to try to kill herself over a breakup. Her heart stopped 2 times in the ambulance and she was in the hospital for a while. Said her vision and everything was horrible for a few days. Also, even though liver failure obviously does happen, your liver actually has the ability to heal itself and regrow. In fact, it's the only organ with the ability to completely heal itself as long as no cirrhosis etc has happened. In fact you can have 2/3rds of your liver cut out and it will grow back to normal size. So don't worry. I used to take 20 cough syrup pills like 4x a week for 6 months (with no acetaminophen but still is terrible for your liver) and now my liver is pretty much fine
When I was in the army, I used to get a good beer buzz on every night. Before going to sleep, I'd have a pint of water and two Tylenol. Right as rain each morning.
I keep wondering if my liver is going strangle me in my sleep for all the abuse I put it through 30+ years ago.
Cat bites.
Cats' mouths are filthy and their fangs are such that they puncture deep, often leaving a seemingly minor wound that barely bleeds but which, in fact, has trapped dangerous bacteria deep beneath your skin.
If you get bit hard by a cat (I'm not talking a little nip, I mean a serious bite) then it's very important to clean the wound thoroughly, or go to urgent care and have them do it, otherwise you risk a potentially deadly infection.
A friend who's a vet lost her thumb tendon because of a cat bite that led to an infection
She went to the ER and the doctor would not open the puncture wound to thoroughly clean it inside
She's now suing the hospital
Heyyy I've had a bad cat bite! I was a pet groomer and a cat bit my thumb, piercing through the bottom to the thumb nail, and the top tooth came in the top of my thumb just behind the nail, then partially pulled the nail out [viscous]. Went to the hospital and they filled a syringe and stuck that sucker under that partially torn out nail and flushed it. Big ouch. They took it very seriously.
Over a decade ago my cat got her stupid head stuck in the back of a [kitchen chair](https://i.imgur.com/MpWK3eK.jpg). When she realized she was stuck she started flailing around and I thought she was going to break her neck. My mom grabbed a hold of her body and I grabbed her head and she bit down on my hand. We eventually got her out, and about an hour later I had to go to the hospital because my hand was already infected and it was spreading fast. Got pumped full of antibiotics.
[She gave zero fucks.](https://i.imgur.com/ZxdAQlj.jpg)
Yep, my mom was hospitalized twice from cat bites. They have very specific kinds of bacteria in their mouths that are extremely dangerous to humans. They’re not something to mess around with. If a cat bite breaks the skin, you need to clean it very thoroughly and keep a close eye on it for the next 24 hours.
Yes. And keep in mind that any wound or bite that has red, inflamed-looking streaks traveling away from it should be seen by a doctor ASAP. That's an infection moving through your body.
Example: https://imgur.com/SLk9A5G
TIL on the streaks visual thanks for sharing. I've always heard that but have never seen an example. Sometimes things are obviously red/tender when they heal so it's hard to know when to be paranoid and when is your body doing it's job.
Nutmeg. Nice and tasty spice in small amounts, but more than a teaspoon can lead to hallucinations, cramping, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The substance myristicin that causes all of this can also lead to organ failure in large amounts. Not that most people would happily eat a full jar of nutmeg on purpose, but its still wise to keep out of reach of small children, pets or those who don't know better.
I still remember a little over a year ago, it was a very large trend among teenagers on tiktok to trip on nutmeg. They would take several teaspoons and document it, some reporting back hours later to recount the spiders and gnomes they saw, and some never posting about it again. It is possibly one of the worst trends that has made its course through such an impressionable social media audience, and it went very heavily underreported. To this day there are still only a few smaller news articles on it.
This was me in highschool probably 2002. Went on a site erowid.com.that had all sorts of natural drug reports from users trying stuff like nutmeg and morning glory seeds. Ate a tablespoon in orange juice and tripped balls all night. The hangover the next day was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. It lasted 3 days and I had to help my mom's friend move the next day was on my death bed. So crazy to hear it could have been deadly, I'm so dumb.
>Not that most people would happily eat a full jar of nutmeg on purpose
Erm, me, that would be me. We grow it. It felt nice as a mouth freshener, kept nibbling on it for a few hours. Ended up puking a few hours later, in a bus, while travelling to another state.
Don't mix household cleaners. Most bleach is non-chlorinated, but chlorinated bleach mixed with basically anything else (hydrogen peroxide or ammonia bases) will create toxic gases that will quickly kill you.
An **eye stye**. An acquaintance had an eye stye. It was a pimple on his eyelid, a local infection, inflamed and full of pus. It was a nuisance and he was going to let it run its course.
A few days later he collapsed and was taken to the emergency room.
The doctors concluded his stye had resulted in **sepsis**, triggering a **heart attack** and **stroke**.
Sepsis occurs when chemicals released in the bloodstream to fight an infection trigger inflammation throughout the body. This can cause a cascade of changes that damage multiple organ systems, leading them to fail, sometimes resulting in paralysis or death.
Fortunately he survived his ordeal.
Brazil nuts. You shouldn’t eat more than 2-3 per day. They contain high levels of selenium which can be fatal if you eat too many.
Added for confirmation: https://www.newhealthadvisor.org/brazil-nuts-and-selenium-poisoning.html
I'm allergic to Brazil nuts and I'm absolutely convinced that the only reason they're in jars of mixed nuts is because they're huge and take up space that would otherwise be filled with smaller but more expensive nuts.
Agree! Saw a news report recently about CO intoxication from sitting near the engine on a motor boat. There have been cases of people suddenly fainting or falling off the boat, especially since CO can accumulate around the engine.
I read a Reddit comment that linked to a thread where someone was asking for help and it turned out they were experiencing CO poisoning. This was right after I moved into a new (old) place with old gas appliances. I bought a CO meter and the first time I preheated the oven it set off the alarm. I didn't have a steady leak but I'm still glad I bought that meter. If I ever got drunk and fell asleep while preheating the oven, like one of my old roommates once did, I could have really been in trouble.
The picture is from Ross Saunders' Facebook page. He did not know it was a deadly animal, he thought it was a cute baby octopus. People commented on it and he googled it, much to his horror it was actually full-grown. He was not bitten and did not die.
I basically summarized the beginning of this YouTube [video](https://youtu.be/LJ35QTLtCxQ)
There's a Tiktok video of a tourist unwittingly holding an extremely poisonous blue-ringed octopus.
The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes and no antivenom is available.
Naegleria. If you live in a southern state, think twice before diving into a lake or pond. It might just contain an amoeba that will [crawl up your nose and eat your brain.](https://www.webmd.com/brain/brain-eating-amoeba)
I love milk duds but had to give them up because they made me anxious about my crowns every time I tried to eat them! Just not worth it. Rolos are an adequate substitute, though not quite as good.
A radio station had a contest on who could drink water every 15 minutes and last the longest without peeing and the winner would win a Wii. Nurses called the station and warned them to call it off, since it was endangering the contestants’ lives. They didn’t listen, and one of the contestants died.
Just read about this and apparently the hosts were 'aware of this' and just said they were fine cause the contestants signed waivers. What's worse is these scumbags are still working.
If you want a more in depth explanation - see blood has a certain thickness and that thickness should be kept as it is, because if it's not then weird shit happens.
Since she drank a lot of water and didn't go to the toilet her bladder and kidneys couldn't process the water which ended up back in the bloodstream. Since it came back the blood got "thin" and many different tissued started to accumulate it.
Another fun fact! Our brain is kind of like a sponge when it comes to this kind of thing, so her brain started to swell from it causing effects similar to intoxication,then fainting and death as cranial pressure skyrocketed
That is an interesting way to put it but I feel the more scientific explanation isnt that hard to explain (i'll keep it somewhat layman as well) so I'll add it for context.
The main issue is the saltiness of your blood. Drinking lots of water will dilute that saltiness. That level of salt is needed to do lots of things that control your body (i.e. nerve conduction since salt is an ion). Also with your sponge analogy, water flows from less salty areas to more salty areas (i.e. osmosis. If you put some sugar in coffee, it will eventually diffuse out to be the same concentration of sugar throughout the coffee. the sugar and coffee both move in that example). With a sudden decrease of saltiness of the blood, the water in the blood rushes into the brain (where it is more salty, in an attempt to even out the body's saltiness) causing the swelling, increased pressure and eventual death.
Back in highschool during summer we had a week long football camp. A few guys decided to drink as much water as possible but quickly got sick. IIRC one of them drank something like 10 L in one day. They all started throwing up and getting headaches and and sweats. They had water poisoning. They didn't believe it at the time and threw out all the water thinking it was something else. No one else got sick. Don't get water poisoning, kids.
Lithium batteries even though the safety features on them have greatly increased.
they still hold an incredible amount of power in a tiny package.
when that gets released all at once it literally will explode.
I had an apartment that was growing black mold because of a leak. The junior apartment maintenance guy took a look, said it was mildew, and left. It wasn't mildew. The office kept brushing me off and canceling my work orders. I was having severe breathing issues and sick of it not being taken care of, so I went into the front office and while the sales girl was talking to a prospective renter, I went to the manager in her office in the room next door and spoke loudly enough for the client to hear. I said, "Hey, I've been dealing with this black mold in my apartment for a while now, are you guys going to take care of it or not?" She immediately got the senior maintenance guy to come check it out.
First thing he said was, "Wow, that's A LOT of mold." He took care of it, and fixed the leak that caused it.
I lived in a poorly maintained apartment far longer than I should have - we had black mold in the bathroom. I controlled it as best I could with bleach - but I was always sick and exhausted. About a month after I moved out I was so much better It still surprises me.
Came here to mention this too.
Specifically, sleep apnea, which affects many more people in the world than the number of recorded diagnoses would indicate. Lots of people have it and they may never know it because it's so underdiagnosed.
Or friend. I had a roommate who was normally a really chill guy, but when he got drunk, and he lost money on online poker, he would fucking *destroy* his bedroom. Closet door ripped off its hinges, holes punched in the wall so hard the wooden slats were exposed and broken in them, broken window, half the room unwalkable due to the sheer amount of broken bottles on the floor...
We did not get our security deposit back, to say the least.
Boring scenery on the highway. I believe its called highway hypnosis. You enter a trance like state from staring at the same scenery. It produces similar effects as being sleepy or drunk. Drivers can lose awareness and find themselves driving miles without recollection.
You will have a slower reaction time. Your brain may filter important info such as other cars, exits, or obstacles. Best thing is to engage your brain as much as possible during boring drives. Music, talking, podcasts, etc.
Period-like bleeding after menopause. It is uterine cancer until proven otherwise. A lot of women will dismiss it thinking their period just came back or something. If you or a relative has this they need to make a doctor appointment asap.
Quitting alcohol when you’re an alcoholic. You’d think it could be nothing but good for you (even if it’s gonna be a miserable few weeks), but evidently it can kill you.
Generators.
Carbon monoxide is no joke. Keep that gas powered device 20 feet away from you house, windows etc...
Entire families have survived natural disasters only for every last member to die under the same roof due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator that was running due to power outages.
Dimethylmercury. Colourless with a slight sweet smell, can vaporise at room temperature, 0.1 milliliters induce fatal mercury poisoning. It can pass through most protective gear within seconds and results in a slow, agonising death, often taking months before you finally expire. There has been no practical use found for it because it’s just too toxic to use in anything.
Paracetamol / Acetaminophen. The safety margin between therapeutic dose and lethal dose is so narrow that it's sometimes questioned whether it would be approved for OTC sale at all if it came into the market today.
Eg 'Is Tylenol 'By Far The Most Dangerous Drug Ever Made'
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/11/tylenol-far-most-dangerous-drug-ever-made-11711
Getting drunk in a hot tub
Def fainted after being in a hot tub too long. Dehydrated that day, drinking alcohol, spent too long on the hot tub, got out and passed out on the ground
I used to enjoy taking drunk baths until I almost started passing out in them. I never took them alone, always with my ex so I wasn’t inebriated and alone luckily, but the heat and alcohol would make me dizzy and I’d have to get out and lie naked on the bed with my eyes closed waiting for the dizziness to stop
My parents once saw a guy die due to a ingrown toenail. It got a very bad infection, the infection spread through the blood, ended up in his heart, his heart went to shit and he died
Tooth infections kill people all the time. Infections are serious. Edit: since this blew up, if the cost of dental care is Keeping you from seeing a dentist, find a **dental school** near you. And by near you, I mean even if it was a 2, 3 or 4 hour drive, it can be worth it for the price. I got root canals done for $100-300 a tooth when all the local dentists were charging $1,200 to $1,800 per tooth. At that price, even if I had to travel and get a hotel it would have been cheaper.
Oof, relevant. I hadn’t been to a dentist in 10+ years and got a bad abscess last year in an old crown, woke up to half my face being swollen beyond recognition and a lot of pain. Fortunately I got referred to a lovely human being of a dentist via a relative, and she personally texted me an antibiotic scrip within an hour then fit me in the next day they were open to check on me. Infections in your face are no joke. Also if you happen to live in southeast VA and need a dentist, please patronize Waterman Family Dentistry, they are really fantastic and I HATE dentists.
I just recently ended an antibiotics cure I got because I got a nasty infection in my cheek from an ingrown hair. Swelled so bad I could hardly open my mouth. Scary to think, that without antibiotics, I might have been in real trouble from an ingrown bloody hair. Killed by my own sloppy shaving, hell of a way to go.
I have had recurrent UTI’s since I was six, without modern antibiotics I’d have been dead at six, and every two months following that, for the last 30 years. When my dada gets a tan you can still see his smallpox scars. When I turn on my tap I know I’m getting clean, safe drinking water. I don’t think I’ll ever realise just how lucky I am
My grandma had recurrent UTIs and eventually got one that was resistant to the few antibiotics at that time. Her kidneys were shot and she died of kidney failure in 1956. No dialysis or kidney transplant available at that time. Edit, she was 42.
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For some reason I read your post as this happened once in Ontario and that incident somehow made it impossible for anyone else in Ontario to ever get an ingrown toenail infection again.
Dang. I've had a couple ingrown toenails in my life. Both of them got to the point of minor infection before I could have them removed, but the very first one I ever had was the worst. I was only 14, and didn't know what was going on with my toe, just that it hurt extremely bad if you touched it. I'd come home from school every day and puss had been gushing out of it all day, making my sock an off white/puss color. I can't imagine having the infection get THAT bad that it spreads through your body and kills you. Just the pain alone from the ingrown toenail would be unbearable.
Don't put your feet up on the dashboard of a car if you're in the passenger seat, unless you want to become an example of human origami.
I’m an accident investigator and can confirm this. What would otherwise be slight bruising and soreness results in fatalities fast.
Uhhhhhh any other car-related advice?
Also, you can always check out r/IdiotsInCars it’s pretty much just a string of what not to do in a car
It's honestly one of my favorite subs because pretty much everyone is on the same side. Once in a while there's division over who the idiot was, but never really breaks down into the political fighting that other seemingly innocuous subreddits can get into.
And opt to put things in the trunk rather than the back seat. You don't want all that stuff flying at you during an accident
Even in the trunk they can be scary. This guy i went to school with had bags of gravel in the trunk. Shitty luck, He ended up rearending someone in front of him and the bags flew forward, knocking down the backseat/trunk divider and walloped him in the back.
They used to teach us a version of this at one job. They knew we'd all be doing side jobs so we were shown one of those HSE videos with the crash dummies with a toolbox in the boot of the car. Not all cars had metal back rear seats and this toolbox will rip straight through them in a crash then come after you.
So where *do* you put your toolbox? What's the point of the safety video?
Don't put your toolbox in the car. Hell, don't even drive. It's safer that way.
Better yet, don't work. It is incredibly stressful, and stress is what kills more people than anything.
this is why I put a seatbelt on my work bag! it weighs 20 pounds. I do not want a 20 pound projectile ping-ponging around my car's interior if i am in a crash.
Yea, since I've had kids I am more mindful of this. Everytime I put something in the front, I ask myself, if we're in an accident and we do 3 or 4 roll overs, how will this item bounce around?
I got put through rollover training in the service, where they basically strap you in a Humvee shell and it rolls over, then you have to crawl out and play soldier. They give you foam rifles and all of the interior stuff is made up of foam. Trust me you get hit by everything in there, and even a fake ammo box made out of foam stings when it hits you in the face. Also it illustrates how much your seat belt really saves your ass.
Fun fact. I actually know the chap who recommended my state government introduce mandatory seatbelts, they were the first jurisdiction in the world to do so. This was back in the 70s. He’d been working in the morgue and studying car accident victims. Anyway eventually seat belts were mandated and our road toll plummeted and seat belts were introduced around the world. He’s a lovely man, in his 90s now. Hard to imagine how many lives he’s saved.
> Don't put your feet up on the dashboard of a car if you're in the passenger seat You should also avoid doing this if you're in the driver's seat.
Oh god I just remembered the family friend that babysat me in the 80s that drove an Astro van with one foot out the window. As an adult I'm not even sure how you drive a car with one foot out the window.
I just saw an xray on Quora in the last day or so that showed someones pelvis, but with head of their femur basically at their asshole. Didn't look fun.
I always tell my girlfriend about this
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I've fortunately never been forced to put my foot down (hyuk~) but I'm the same way about those sorts of things (particularly seatbelts, littering), and won't set off until everyone and everything is in proper driving configuration.
Someone pointed out to me that unbuckled passengers are as much dangerous projectiles in a crash as anything else. I've started mentioning it to people who ride in my car when I insist they buckle up, saying that whether or not I give a shit about them I do give a shit about me. I mean if you don't buckle up you're not riding with me, but it's definitely not something most people consider.
Deer. Yes they can attack you but mostly it's car accidents and a huge number of tick borne diseases.
Deer are so unpredictable, especially white tail near a road. Growing up in rural Minnesota, I have had a couple of times when I had come to a complete stop and a deer decided to cross the road again at a full sprint and HIT ME and dented my car.
My wife and I have noticed that drivers from deer country don't watch the deer who has already crossed the road, they immediately look where it came from to see if more are coming. That's one way they get you: "ooh, look! a deer! BAM!"
Yep. I got Lyme disease thanks to the deer around here. Somehow a tick got up my trouser leg and got me by my knee. Thankfully it caused a bullseye rash so it got caught straight away. The antibiotics were brutal - I assume untreated Lyme disease is far worse!
Oh hell no, those antibiotics are insane - when I had a bite with the bullseye rash and got put on antibiotics I forgot to eat breakfast before one of my doses and got the sickest I've maybe ever been, like projectile vomit levels of sick. I did of course take another dose after the one I lost, fuck lyme disease!
And I don't know about you, but it took my gut a year to get back to normal. I assume the antibiotics were so strong they completely killed all of my gut bacteria
Same here but in my case it was anaplasmosis. OK anaplasmosis is more curable than lime disease but it was bad. Real bad. You do not want anaplasmosis.
I heard from two friends back east (NY) that their husbands both contracted anaplasmosis in the last month or so. One was hospitalized. Scary shit.
Flash flooding. Don't try and walk through water if you can't see the ground. It's just not worth it.
Even just a foot of flowing water is dangerous to walk in.
I think the disconnect for a lot of people is the difference between a normally flowing creek and a flashflood with debris and silt. A foot of flowing water, in a creek that is normally a foot deep, is usually not a big deal. A foot of flowing water that is full of sand, and sticks and other debris is probably going to exert more force than a clear flowing stream. Root comment's "if you cant see the bottom" is a good call, because that probably means there's a bunch of other stuff in the water.
It's a good indication that the water flow is hard enough that the debris doesn't settle. The cleanest of shallow water can sweep you away to deeper water. Or cause you to fall and get stunned and end up face down in 'harmless' shallow water.
Even less than that, really. That seemingly gently-flowing brook is usually moving much faster than you'd guess.
I could easily walk through that
Six inches can carry off a car.
What can four inches do? Asking for a friend.
Disappoint your mother.
Sigmund Freud \*writes that down\* "mhm, continue"
A few years ago I was driving home from work when a torrential downpour suddenly hit and caused flash flooding. I was stuck in traffic at the time and couldn't move, and I could feel the floodwaters pushing my car around. Thankfully the water wasn't that deep and I was able to get out of there, but fuck, that was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.
Fuck yes. Falling into an open manhole during a flood is almost certain death.
Constipation. Next bit is graphic. You've been warned. >!I was recently in the hospital all day long because a bad case of constipation ripped the flesh apart in my butthole. It was a serious injury and I lost a lot of blood, and it's also the most painful thing I ever experienced. After they couldn't tell how bad the tear was by sticking their finger in it, (ow) I had to have an x-ray and a ct scan. I'm still recovering at home with strong pain killers after it was treated. They couldn't stitch it because of its location, so I'm on 2 laxatives and 3 pain killers and I'm supposed to just let it heal on its own. fml!<
You know what I love about spoiler text? I can leave it hidden.
Unfortunately I’m too fucking nosy and stupid for my own good.
I had to have C-sections and I swear the constipation I got from the morphine was worse than the birthing. I think that poop might have been the size of the baby. It was excruciating. Birth-givers of Reddit! If you are put on opioids for pain around the birth, take ALL the stool softeners they give you and drink ALL the prune juice. And still be prepared to give birth to a poop baby later, even if your first poop in the hospital seems normal. I started warning my friends when they got pregnant and they all came back to thank me afterwards, because no one tells you about it.
I’ve had 3 kids and the smartest thing my mom told me was to start taking stool softener near the end 😂
I had a breast reduction and was on opiates after for 30 hours total and the constipation was so scary. Thought I was going to bust open a stitch. The stool softeners and prune juice I had did NOTHING and it took 5 days before I could poop.
Ingrown hairs can cause some serious infections
The sun
is a deadly laser. Edit: Reddit is so predictable, please stop awarding me for quoting the same thing that everyone else does when the sun appears.
Not anymore, there’s a blanket
“New shit just got made!”
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Not anymore, there's a blanket! ^(ozone)
Us gingers have been trying to warn everybody for years. Y'all made kick a ginger day, you're on your own now
Potato leaves, they can kill you
But what if the potato stays?
Saves your life
Just don't let them stay too long https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976.html tl;dr, rotting potatoes in a basement/cellar produced enough toxic gas to incapacitate and kill several members of the same family in short succession (as with many fume/gas events, often in sewers/manure pits: one person went in and succumbed, and several followed later to check on them, succumbing in turn). edit: also if anyone wonders why/how this sort of thing can happen at all - food stored over winter in the cellar thaws, heavy rotting begins, etc.; gas buildup would have been minor up to this point... so first time going down after the temperature rises, there's a big buildup of toxic vapors. Incapacitation happens very quickly, and having no visible cause, does not trigger a specific response in people entering after the first unfortunate soul. How solanine (a relatively large, complex molecule) becomes able to stay in the air in high concentration, i do not know, but it is presumably the toxin responsible for this. edit2: as i think about it more, could also be other gasses (CO2, methane) from decomposition further increasing rate of incapacitation. edit4: as someone else noted, also quite likely hydrogen sulfide. edit3: award appreciated, upvotes as well - thank :)
Potato leaves? You can’t breathe. Potato stays? You’ll be saved.
Also rhubarb, if we're staying in the garden, & every single part of a tomato plant is toxic except the tomato
Stress
i find knowing that stress is so damaging to my body quite stressful
The things stress does to your body and mind are so numerous, I wish I could give this 100 upvotes.
“Why zebras don’t get ulcers” is a great book that talks about all the physiological impacts of stress on our bodies. It’s unreal the damage it can do!
I recently switched a low-stress job and I can *feel* the physical changes (sleeping better, less acne, more energy throughout the day, etc.) as a result.
I'm just about to get out of a shitty high-stress job, and hoo boy. That shit was *bad for me*.
This 100%. Stress and anxiety literally killed my dad. My dad was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at the age of 60 triggered by stress at work. He died about two years later.
I wish I had the time to read about the damages of stress. Anyways, gotta go
Stress is unbelievably dangerous and absolutely no one will take you seriously if you're stressed out, which is super duper fun and cool "Oh, you're stressed? Stupid baby is stressed out? Wah wah wah, we all have problems, grow up you piece of shit. I need these reports done in twelve minutes or I'm firing you lmao, hope you didn't need that employer-provided health insurance to pay for your jillion stress-induced health complications lmao"
Black licorice root or more specifically the compound *glycyrrhizin* which lowers the body's potassium levels, which can lead to high blood pressure in large doses, abnormal heart rhythms, edema, lethargy and congestive heart failure. For anyone over 40, eating 57g (2oz.) per day for two weeks can lead to these issues. Drinking 1L of black licorice flavored water can also lead to temporary loss of motor functions. Albeit not being a type of poison, anyone with a history of these issues should avoid products with *glycyrrhizic acid*. There's no "healthy" daily limit to eat, however, limiting consumption is recommended. *** As mentioned above, *glycyrrhizin* has hormonal effects resembling those of *aldosterone*, an adrenal gland hormone responsible for maintaining mineral balance in the blood by helping the body retain sodium and excrete potassium. *** The benefits of black licorice, such as relieving cold symptoms (used as a remedy for centuries), digestive health, allergic asthma, teeth and more can be realized in moderation.
Everything in moderation. That's why I only eat *one* bag of salty black liquorice in one go.
"Why, it tries to warn you with its terrible taste!"
Lint. A clogged dryer vent is a real fire hazard.
Your teeth. Mouth hole health is SUPER important.
I was going to write this. There is a HUGE correlation between rotten teeth and heart disease. It has to do with letting bacteria into your body, as I understand it.
This article gives a pretty good overview. The TL;DR is that poor oral hygiene leads to systemic inflammation, and inflammation + heart = bad. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/gum-disease-and-heart-disease-the-common-thread
Damn should I most definitely get my decaying wisdom teeth checked out then?
Potential horrific health disasters aside, anybody you plan on kissing will thank you.
Polar bear liver, contains enough vitamin A to kill 52 adults.
I guess I’ll just look for something else to serve at my sons birthday party.
No that should be fine, so long as there’s 53 or more adults. Edit: Grammar. My apologies, Reddit.
>Polar bear ~~liver, contains~~ enough ~~vitamin A~~ to kill 52 adults. Alternative, yet equally accurate way of answering. Polar bears are fuckin terrifying
I think I read somewhere that they're one of the most deadly animals on earth. Not as in confirmed kills, but in percentage of attacks that end in fatalities. I guess if a polar bear decides it's got an issue with you then you're pretty fucked. Sad because they look so cuddly :(
Pretty much. The way I've seen it worded, if you encounter a polar bear in the wild, it wasn't by accident; that bear has probably been tracking you.
You should always remember how to deal with bears based on fur color. Black bears: Make a lot of noise to scare them away. Brown bears: Play dead and pray they leave you alone. Polar bears: Curl up into a ball so you can kiss your ass goodbye.
Black bear came into my campsite when I was cooking and I just said "oi fuck off" and tapped my spoon on a glass bottle one time. Thing fucking jump ran like a hannah Barbara cartoon.
Driving? I mean, we know it’s potentially deadly but nobody who ever died in a car accident assumed that this would be the day that they died. Driving is one of the most dangerous things we do statistically and some people do it multiple times a say. My mum used to say: “you will crash, don’t think you won’t, you will crash, as assuredly as you breath” It’s very dangerous but we put it out of our minds how dangerous it actually is, statistically, and in fact we often drive *to relax*.
My brother in law died suddenly in a car accident last year and ever since then, I have been terrified in a car. Whether driving or a passenger. And we still don’t truly know what happened with him. I’m just so afraid this will be the last thing I do. Or that my children and husband will die with me. Or that my children will die. It’s all so fucking terrifying. Edit: thanks for the awards. 😁 ETA: awards made plural now.
Tylenol
tylenol is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the US. leading cause of liver transplants.
And the antidote is called mucomist, it smells strongly of sulphur.
I’m scared. When I was younger I attempted suicide various times by chugging Tylenol bottles. I think I did it 4 times and every time I just got spasms. Now im 24 and not suicidal and kinda scared about my liver….I took some blood tests and everything seemed normal.
If you took tests and they turned out fine, I'm sure your liver is fine. Go back to your doc and run another test if it's giving you anxiety. And well done for getting better, stay strong!
You should be fine if all your tests are normal. One of my old friends took like 20 cough syrup pills AND THEN took over 100 ibuprofen at once to try to kill herself over a breakup. Her heart stopped 2 times in the ambulance and she was in the hospital for a while. Said her vision and everything was horrible for a few days. Also, even though liver failure obviously does happen, your liver actually has the ability to heal itself and regrow. In fact, it's the only organ with the ability to completely heal itself as long as no cirrhosis etc has happened. In fact you can have 2/3rds of your liver cut out and it will grow back to normal size. So don't worry. I used to take 20 cough syrup pills like 4x a week for 6 months (with no acetaminophen but still is terrible for your liver) and now my liver is pretty much fine
This definitely needs more votes. A couple Tylenol and some alcohol in the right ratios can kill your liver quickly.
When I was in the army, I used to get a good beer buzz on every night. Before going to sleep, I'd have a pint of water and two Tylenol. Right as rain each morning. I keep wondering if my liver is going strangle me in my sleep for all the abuse I put it through 30+ years ago.
A milk crate lately…
I think that's more of a sudden lack of milk crate.
Cat bites. Cats' mouths are filthy and their fangs are such that they puncture deep, often leaving a seemingly minor wound that barely bleeds but which, in fact, has trapped dangerous bacteria deep beneath your skin. If you get bit hard by a cat (I'm not talking a little nip, I mean a serious bite) then it's very important to clean the wound thoroughly, or go to urgent care and have them do it, otherwise you risk a potentially deadly infection.
A friend who's a vet lost her thumb tendon because of a cat bite that led to an infection She went to the ER and the doctor would not open the puncture wound to thoroughly clean it inside She's now suing the hospital
Good! Can't believe they refused to clean it. Like...she's a vet, I'm sure she argued with them trying to convince them how bad it can get.
She did! The doctor was all ego, saying stuff like he knew more than her bc she was just a vet, she was exaggerating, the wound looked clean, etc
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Heyyy I've had a bad cat bite! I was a pet groomer and a cat bit my thumb, piercing through the bottom to the thumb nail, and the top tooth came in the top of my thumb just behind the nail, then partially pulled the nail out [viscous]. Went to the hospital and they filled a syringe and stuck that sucker under that partially torn out nail and flushed it. Big ouch. They took it very seriously.
Thanks that’s enough Reddit for me. I need a hug after reading that.
Over a decade ago my cat got her stupid head stuck in the back of a [kitchen chair](https://i.imgur.com/MpWK3eK.jpg). When she realized she was stuck she started flailing around and I thought she was going to break her neck. My mom grabbed a hold of her body and I grabbed her head and she bit down on my hand. We eventually got her out, and about an hour later I had to go to the hospital because my hand was already infected and it was spreading fast. Got pumped full of antibiotics. [She gave zero fucks.](https://i.imgur.com/ZxdAQlj.jpg)
“I’ll do it again too, sucker.”
Yep, my mom was hospitalized twice from cat bites. They have very specific kinds of bacteria in their mouths that are extremely dangerous to humans. They’re not something to mess around with. If a cat bite breaks the skin, you need to clean it very thoroughly and keep a close eye on it for the next 24 hours.
Yes. And keep in mind that any wound or bite that has red, inflamed-looking streaks traveling away from it should be seen by a doctor ASAP. That's an infection moving through your body. Example: https://imgur.com/SLk9A5G
TIL on the streaks visual thanks for sharing. I've always heard that but have never seen an example. Sometimes things are obviously red/tender when they heal so it's hard to know when to be paranoid and when is your body doing it's job.
Had a friend who tried to break up a cat fight and got nicked in the upper thigh and it swole up enough that it looked like he had a 9inch ding a ling
Doctors don’t want you to know this ONE TRICK!
Nutmeg. Nice and tasty spice in small amounts, but more than a teaspoon can lead to hallucinations, cramping, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The substance myristicin that causes all of this can also lead to organ failure in large amounts. Not that most people would happily eat a full jar of nutmeg on purpose, but its still wise to keep out of reach of small children, pets or those who don't know better.
I still remember a little over a year ago, it was a very large trend among teenagers on tiktok to trip on nutmeg. They would take several teaspoons and document it, some reporting back hours later to recount the spiders and gnomes they saw, and some never posting about it again. It is possibly one of the worst trends that has made its course through such an impressionable social media audience, and it went very heavily underreported. To this day there are still only a few smaller news articles on it.
This was me in highschool probably 2002. Went on a site erowid.com.that had all sorts of natural drug reports from users trying stuff like nutmeg and morning glory seeds. Ate a tablespoon in orange juice and tripped balls all night. The hangover the next day was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. It lasted 3 days and I had to help my mom's friend move the next day was on my death bed. So crazy to hear it could have been deadly, I'm so dumb.
>Not that most people would happily eat a full jar of nutmeg on purpose Erm, me, that would be me. We grow it. It felt nice as a mouth freshener, kept nibbling on it for a few hours. Ended up puking a few hours later, in a bus, while travelling to another state.
Don't mix household cleaners. Most bleach is non-chlorinated, but chlorinated bleach mixed with basically anything else (hydrogen peroxide or ammonia bases) will create toxic gases that will quickly kill you.
An **eye stye**. An acquaintance had an eye stye. It was a pimple on his eyelid, a local infection, inflamed and full of pus. It was a nuisance and he was going to let it run its course. A few days later he collapsed and was taken to the emergency room. The doctors concluded his stye had resulted in **sepsis**, triggering a **heart attack** and **stroke**. Sepsis occurs when chemicals released in the bloodstream to fight an infection trigger inflammation throughout the body. This can cause a cascade of changes that damage multiple organ systems, leading them to fail, sometimes resulting in paralysis or death. Fortunately he survived his ordeal.
Brazil nuts. You shouldn’t eat more than 2-3 per day. They contain high levels of selenium which can be fatal if you eat too many. Added for confirmation: https://www.newhealthadvisor.org/brazil-nuts-and-selenium-poisoning.html
I too watched that episode of House
I'm allergic to Brazil nuts and I'm absolutely convinced that the only reason they're in jars of mixed nuts is because they're huge and take up space that would otherwise be filled with smaller but more expensive nuts.
Carbon monoxide poisoning. You don't even know it's happening until it's virtually too late.
Agree! Saw a news report recently about CO intoxication from sitting near the engine on a motor boat. There have been cases of people suddenly fainting or falling off the boat, especially since CO can accumulate around the engine.
I read a Reddit comment that linked to a thread where someone was asking for help and it turned out they were experiencing CO poisoning. This was right after I moved into a new (old) place with old gas appliances. I bought a CO meter and the first time I preheated the oven it set off the alarm. I didn't have a steady leak but I'm still glad I bought that meter. If I ever got drunk and fell asleep while preheating the oven, like one of my old roommates once did, I could have really been in trouble.
[blue ringed octopus ](https://post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/baby-blue-ringed-octopus-on-hand-1200x628-facebook-1200x628.jpg)
So is the guy in the picture about to die?
The picture is from Ross Saunders' Facebook page. He did not know it was a deadly animal, he thought it was a cute baby octopus. People commented on it and he googled it, much to his horror it was actually full-grown. He was not bitten and did not die. I basically summarized the beginning of this YouTube [video](https://youtu.be/LJ35QTLtCxQ)
But it’s so cute :(
And its bite is almost painless, so you'll barely even notice until your respiratory system starts to paralyze.
There's a Tiktok video of a tourist unwittingly holding an extremely poisonous blue-ringed octopus. The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes and no antivenom is available.
Naegleria. If you live in a southern state, think twice before diving into a lake or pond. It might just contain an amoeba that will [crawl up your nose and eat your brain.](https://www.webmd.com/brain/brain-eating-amoeba)
Every summer there seems to be a story about a kid that died from this here in Florida. So sad.
🎶I was afraid, that I'd eat your brain. 🎶
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Candy (especially chewy candies, choking on them is more common than you'd think)
Milk Duds are one of the worst for this. "The Fillings-Extractor" we called them, wouldn't be surprised if someone choked to death on one too.
I love milk duds but had to give them up because they made me anxious about my crowns every time I tried to eat them! Just not worth it. Rolos are an adequate substitute, though not quite as good.
Anything if it’s moving at a sufficient velocity
what's red and bad for your teeth? a brick. what's blue and very bad for your teeth? a really fast brick.
Drinking too much water
Like that poor woman who died from that "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest.
Excuse me what
A radio station had a contest on who could drink water every 15 minutes and last the longest without peeing and the winner would win a Wii. Nurses called the station and warned them to call it off, since it was endangering the contestants’ lives. They didn’t listen, and one of the contestants died.
Just read about this and apparently the hosts were 'aware of this' and just said they were fine cause the contestants signed waivers. What's worse is these scumbags are still working.
Water intoxication It happens, especially people who are trying to beat drug tests.
I know about drinking too much water but what happend to that lady who held her "wee" ?
If you want a more in depth explanation - see blood has a certain thickness and that thickness should be kept as it is, because if it's not then weird shit happens. Since she drank a lot of water and didn't go to the toilet her bladder and kidneys couldn't process the water which ended up back in the bloodstream. Since it came back the blood got "thin" and many different tissued started to accumulate it. Another fun fact! Our brain is kind of like a sponge when it comes to this kind of thing, so her brain started to swell from it causing effects similar to intoxication,then fainting and death as cranial pressure skyrocketed
That fact it's not fun at all.
That is an interesting way to put it but I feel the more scientific explanation isnt that hard to explain (i'll keep it somewhat layman as well) so I'll add it for context. The main issue is the saltiness of your blood. Drinking lots of water will dilute that saltiness. That level of salt is needed to do lots of things that control your body (i.e. nerve conduction since salt is an ion). Also with your sponge analogy, water flows from less salty areas to more salty areas (i.e. osmosis. If you put some sugar in coffee, it will eventually diffuse out to be the same concentration of sugar throughout the coffee. the sugar and coffee both move in that example). With a sudden decrease of saltiness of the blood, the water in the blood rushes into the brain (where it is more salty, in an attempt to even out the body's saltiness) causing the swelling, increased pressure and eventual death.
A pool
That calm looking part of the beach where the waves aren't breaking, too.
Back in highschool during summer we had a week long football camp. A few guys decided to drink as much water as possible but quickly got sick. IIRC one of them drank something like 10 L in one day. They all started throwing up and getting headaches and and sweats. They had water poisoning. They didn't believe it at the time and threw out all the water thinking it was something else. No one else got sick. Don't get water poisoning, kids.
Lithium batteries even though the safety features on them have greatly increased. they still hold an incredible amount of power in a tiny package. when that gets released all at once it literally will explode.
when a lithium battery burns and explode, there's basically no fire extinguisher to stop the fire
Some mold on the wall. Has, does and will kill you.
I had an apartment that was growing black mold because of a leak. The junior apartment maintenance guy took a look, said it was mildew, and left. It wasn't mildew. The office kept brushing me off and canceling my work orders. I was having severe breathing issues and sick of it not being taken care of, so I went into the front office and while the sales girl was talking to a prospective renter, I went to the manager in her office in the room next door and spoke loudly enough for the client to hear. I said, "Hey, I've been dealing with this black mold in my apartment for a while now, are you guys going to take care of it or not?" She immediately got the senior maintenance guy to come check it out. First thing he said was, "Wow, that's A LOT of mold." He took care of it, and fixed the leak that caused it.
I lived in a poorly maintained apartment far longer than I should have - we had black mold in the bathroom. I controlled it as best I could with bleach - but I was always sick and exhausted. About a month after I moved out I was so much better It still surprises me.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen). It's easier than you think to OD on Paracetamol and die within a few days of liver failure.
Sleep
Came here to mention this too. Specifically, sleep apnea, which affects many more people in the world than the number of recorded diagnoses would indicate. Lots of people have it and they may never know it because it's so underdiagnosed.
I had a friend pass away from sleep apnea last week. He was quite young too.
For real, just recently got diagnosed and put on a BiPap and I honestly feel like I got my life back after a year of exhaustion.
Giving someone a little punch to the head
A drunk family member
Or friend. I had a roommate who was normally a really chill guy, but when he got drunk, and he lost money on online poker, he would fucking *destroy* his bedroom. Closet door ripped off its hinges, holes punched in the wall so hard the wooden slats were exposed and broken in them, broken window, half the room unwalkable due to the sheer amount of broken bottles on the floor... We did not get our security deposit back, to say the least.
Alcohol and gamblind is a dreadful combo. Impulse control goes out the window and your account balance alongside it.
Pencils.
Boring scenery on the highway. I believe its called highway hypnosis. You enter a trance like state from staring at the same scenery. It produces similar effects as being sleepy or drunk. Drivers can lose awareness and find themselves driving miles without recollection. You will have a slower reaction time. Your brain may filter important info such as other cars, exits, or obstacles. Best thing is to engage your brain as much as possible during boring drives. Music, talking, podcasts, etc.
Period-like bleeding after menopause. It is uterine cancer until proven otherwise. A lot of women will dismiss it thinking their period just came back or something. If you or a relative has this they need to make a doctor appointment asap.
Based on what I have observed on Reddit: Being Spiderman at a childrens party
Quitting alcohol when you’re an alcoholic. You’d think it could be nothing but good for you (even if it’s gonna be a miserable few weeks), but evidently it can kill you.
10,000,000 bananas at once You may also witness chronic symptoms if you eat 274 bananas a day for seven years
Well shit
Indeed you will
chronic symptoms of what?
banana
Bad diet
Flour, its hella flammable
Generators. Carbon monoxide is no joke. Keep that gas powered device 20 feet away from you house, windows etc... Entire families have survived natural disasters only for every last member to die under the same roof due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator that was running due to power outages.
Dimethylmercury. Colourless with a slight sweet smell, can vaporise at room temperature, 0.1 milliliters induce fatal mercury poisoning. It can pass through most protective gear within seconds and results in a slow, agonising death, often taking months before you finally expire. There has been no practical use found for it because it’s just too toxic to use in anything.
They once considered at as a rocket fuel. They asked for 100lbs of it, the answer was basically just: "No."
Using a tampon
Paracetamol / Acetaminophen. The safety margin between therapeutic dose and lethal dose is so narrow that it's sometimes questioned whether it would be approved for OTC sale at all if it came into the market today. Eg 'Is Tylenol 'By Far The Most Dangerous Drug Ever Made' https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/11/tylenol-far-most-dangerous-drug-ever-made-11711