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This year, more people have died from selfies than from shark attacks

Selfie with a shark. Well, that's a deadly combination.

As bizarre as it sounds, the information is true. This year, 12 people died in accidents related to taking selfies, while a shark attack was fatal for eight people. The cause of selfie-related deaths is carelessness. In most cases, it was a fatal fall into an abyss, and train accidents are breathing down his neck. In between, we also find cases where a person shot himself with a weapon and crashed into a car while taking pictures.

Believe it or not, it is this year several people have died from taking selfies, as from a shark attack. Most buried by selfies were old meds 18 and 22 years, but of course there are many more cases when the desire to take a good photo did not end tragically, but selfies are still climbing the ranks among the causes of accidents. Accidents, but especially jurisdiction selfie sticks has forced many festivals, zoos, and museums to simply ban selfies.

A warning issued by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding selfies.
A warning issued by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding selfies.

It is in Russia the Ministry of the Interior issued a brochure where smartphone users warn against the dangers of self-portraits. The pursuit of likes can be extremely risky, and in this merciless battle, some would do anything for them, even risked their lives, so they push personal benefits before danger. And if these "attacks" of selfies are provoked, it happened this year 74 unprovoked shark attacks, eight of which were fatal for humans.

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Selfies are more dangerous than sharks.
Selfies are more dangerous than sharks.

He was the last victim of a selfie A 66-year-old Japanese tourist, who suffered a heart attack while taking a self-portrait with a selfie stick on the steps of the Taj Mahal, and also injured a passenger when he fell.

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