Shot In The Back
Number of U.S. police officers who have been prosecuted in the past decade for shooting someone in the back: 28 Number convicted: 6
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Average Cost Of A Hospital Stay
Average cost of a hospital stay in the United States: $12,000 In Germany: $5,000
Read moreLive Eel In His Rectum
A New Zealand man showed up at a hospital emergency room with a live eel in his rectum. The man gave no explanation as to how the wriggling creature ended up where it was, but doctors were apparently able to remove it without complication. “The eel was about the size of a decent sprig of asparagus,” said a hospital employee, […]
Read moreHow Pot Affects Driving
Reduced awareness Brain imaging shows that it’s harder for people who are high to focus on several things at once, such as a changing stoplight, an approaching bicycle and a car signaling a turn. Hallucinations Research is sparse, but pot-related cases can happen and are an “underappreciated” threat on the road. Slower decisions Being high can impair users’ executive function and problem-solving […]
Read moreInches of Rainfall
4.36 – The average rainfall, in inches, for the contiguous United States in May, the country’s wettest month since record keeping began in 1895.
Read moreToo Much Brawn, Not Enough Brains
A gang of German bank robbers trying to blow open an ATM machine used too much explosive and destroyed the entire bank. The blast reduced the bank building in the village of Malliss to rubble and damaged cars more than 100 yards away, yet the targeted ATM machine was left completely intact. “Something evidently didn’t work the way the robbers […]
Read moreNetanyahu’s Contributors
Percentage of Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2014 primary-campaign contributions that came from the United States: 90 That came from three U.S. families: 30
Read moreWhen Money Hurts
In just one year, 28,745 Americans injure themselves with paper money and coins.
Read morePOLLUTION
The European Union’s environmental agency said targets to curb pollution and climate change by 2050 would he missed without “profound changes” in technology, lifestyle and policy. The agency said poor air quality in Europe causes hundreds of thousands of early deaths a year.
Read moreCasualty count
Twenty-five pilot whales beached themselves on Kice Island off southwest Florida in 2014. Sickness related to environmental problems can trigger beachings, which are on the rise.
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