" If potatoes are n’t stored properly and start rotting , they can grow a toxic gas . "
In a post shared tor/AskReddit, site useru/ObligationPlus953asked, “What’s something simple that can actually kill someone accidentally that isn’t common knowledge?” Here are some of the most-upvoted responses:
1.“Being shoved.”
2.“A dental infection. I went to grief support meetings, and a woman there lost her son to an impacted tooth that spread infection to his brain.”
3.“Sleep apnoea.”
4.“For the love of God, when you’re boiling water on the stove,turn the handles of your pots inward.”
5.“I made garlic-infused olive oil once. I left it out because that’s how I always saw it on people’s counters. Used it a few weeks later.Botulism.”
6.“A grape.”
7.“Ladders. People think you have to fall far to get hurt or die. Eight feet is plenty.”
8.“A high-pressure puncture woundor high-pressure injections.”
9.“Rags covered in linseed oilcan spontaneously combustwhen left in a pile.”
10.“Playingin a deep hole at the beach.”
11.“A trampoline. It’s a really dangerous children’s ‘toy.'”
12.“People don’t realise that many people who die in house firesdie in their sleep.”
13.“Allergies.”
14.“Acracked toilet.”
15.“Flowing water inches deepcan still have the strengthto sweep you away if you’re not careful.”
16.“Cheerleading.”
17.“If potatoes aren’t stored properly and start rotting,they can produce a toxic gasand can make a person unconscious if they’ve inhaled enough. It can even death in some cases.”
18.“Garage door springs.”
19.“Mixing bleach and ammoniawhen you clean produces toxic gas that will make you REALLY sick.”
20.“Food left out overnightcan develop a toxic bacteriathat’s lethal.”
21.“In January I slipped in a puddle and received amnesia, multiple skull fractures, and a brain haemorrhage. So anywater you see on the ground anywhere.”
H/T tor/AskRedditandu/ObligationPlus953for having this discussion!
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