08-05-2015, 12:52 PM
(08-02-2015, 10:17 AM)Firemon Wrote: "More people die from coconuts falling on their heads than shark attacks every year," Cavaliere says. "You hear about the shark attacks. You don’t hear about the coconut attacks."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-27/how-americans-die-abroad
This article disputes the whole "more people killed by falling coconuts than X" idea: (it was linked in the above Bloomberg article)
"Conclusion: Somebody pulled the figure about 150 deaths due to coconuts out of thin air. Take that, shark lovers."
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2405/are-150-people-killed-each-year-by-falling-coconuts
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More here (including some Gilligan's Island stuff )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut