The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

WEAR A HELMET

For some reason, skateboarders tend to not wear protective equipment while they skate. Whether this is either a cultural or economic issue, this is a major problem that leads to about 40 deaths per year. Skateboarding is serious stuff. If you research Tony Hawk's medical history, you'll discover why we put skateboarding on this list. 

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The More You Know

  • Researchers have found that swearing when in pain may release pain-killing endorphins.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
  • The first TV commercial didn't air until the 1940s.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
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