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Roughly 85% of skydiving injuries occur while landing (actually 100% of them do, but the causes aren't necessarily due to improper landings). Broken bones are the most common injury, but people regularly walk away with concussions, muscle tears, and sometimes not at all. There are roughly 25 skydiving deaths over the course of a typical year.

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The world's largest falafel weighed 223 pounds.
There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
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In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.