Wednesday, May 30, 2012
This is just crying out for a fact-check… Two stitches a year? theatlantic: Infographic: The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime Take a minute and do a little self-diagnostic on your body. Chances are, you’ve got at least one cut, ache, sprain or other minor ailment bothering you. If not, great news: something will probably happen to you in the next three days. That’s according to a recent year-long survey of 2,000 Britons who are either exceptionally clumsy or a good predictor of how often the rest of us are likely to suffer bumps and bruises over the course of a lifetime. Read more. [Image: Beneden Healthcare Society]

This is just crying out for a fact-check… Two stitches a year?

theatlantic:

Infographic: The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime

Take a minute and do a little self-diagnostic on your body. Chances are, you’ve got at least one cut, ache, sprain or other minor ailment bothering you. If not, great news: something will probably happen to you in the next three days.

That’s according to a recent year-long survey of 2,000 Britons who are either exceptionally clumsy or a good predictor of how often the rest of us are likely to suffer bumps and bruises over the course of a lifetime.

Read more. [Image: Beneden Healthcare Society]

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  3. bornfrompain reblogged this from asongagainstsex and added:
    I also feel I have way more minor injuries than this. ~clumsy life~
  4. asongagainstsex reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    I’ve got to be WAY above average.
  5. ratak-monodosico reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime
  6. notesfromalice reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    This is just crying out for...fact-check… Two stitches a year?
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    Definitely isn’t exclusive to Brits.
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