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Botany

(77,283 posts) Tue Nov 7, 2017, 11:16 AM Nov 2017

... killed by a boulder rolling off a mountain or being crushed by something
like a dumpster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/upshot/in-other-countries-youre-as-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-falling-object-as-a-gun.html

The odds of a person getting shot in Japan is the same as an American being killed
by lightening.

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I got run over by a dumpster, once. rogerashton Nov 2017 #1

So, you were refused? Orrex Nov 2017 #4

Yes, pretty routinely, rogerashton Nov 2017 #10

Correlation with suicide Not Ruth Nov 2017 #2

Surely that's due to a lack of guns..... MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #6

Japanese eat more sashimi and Koreans more bibimbop. pangaia Nov 2017 #3

Bulgogi and Kim Chee too. Botany Nov 2017 #5

Don't forget.. pangaia Nov 2017 #7

My favorite Korean restaurant has this as a side dish Botany Nov 2017 #8

Pickled? Looks like it.... pangaia Nov 2017 #9