• sadbehr@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Have you heard of Dihydrogen monoxide? It literally kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year all over the world, including young children.

    You don’t hear about it in the news though do you…

      • piece@feddit.it
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        1 year ago

        It’s an old (early-internet?) joke iirc. And yes, I think that’s the answer

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          1 year ago

          Oh shit, I was thinking there was no way that hundreds of thousands of people did from drowning every year, but they actually do.

          WHO estimates that every year over 200k people die from drowning