8 of the Deadliest Toys Ever Made

[@johnstevenson9956]

You may assume you're smart enough to handle lawn darts, but never underestimate how stupid your friends can be. I know.

[@SD1fruitbat]

It's almost as if large groups of children, running around without supervision, are a danger to themselves and anyone else who happens to get in their way.

[@theotakux5959]

I had a set of lawn darts growing up in the 90s. With a large back yard, that was a lot of fun

[@nicolechafetz3904]

I was thinking the same thing. Lawn Darts didn’t always end in death.

[@theotakux5959]

@@nicolechafetz3904 To be fair, where I grew up we had like 1.5 Acres I think, and half of it was a hill, so we were throwing them downhill. Never played with them when the dog was outside since we didn't want her chasing them and getting hit. also only threw them when everyone was at the top of the hill and nobody went down except to collect them when they were all thrown.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Played Jarts with my parents and grandparents quite a bit in the late 70s and 80s. Good times. Like anything, when used responsibly the likelihood of injury is exceptionally low

[@Aldo_raines]

John green, the former host on this show, could tell you all about the “interesting” mating habits of giraffes and goats. A surprising amount of urine is involved with both species.

[@WenzelSays]

And Hank Green (his brother) could tell you all about Anglerfish reproduction, which involves the dude attaching to the lady angler fishes side and sorta, just, staying there forever in case she decides to use his sperm.

[@MaT1cus]

@@WenzelSays wasn’t this bought up in last week’s list? 😅

[@nicolechafetz3904]

🤣🤣🤣

[@adamf8837]

What ever happened to them?, been a while since I watched mental floss :/

[@loberd09]

@@adamf8837 well both of them have kids… so maybe check their partners. They may have attached themselves.

[@matrix626]

mini figures for D&D were made entirely of lead until the 80's. I still have several hundred of them.

[@colerinne3021]

Don’t eat ‘em

[@DeliveryMcGee]

On Slip 'n' Slides: the worst injury I every saw was when my preschool teacher rolled it out over a fire ant mound, and one of the boys managed to scoop up an ant which stung him in the most sensitive place a boy has. I'll just leave it to your imagination.

[@canis2020]

Mine was an embankment into blackberries

[@ferretyluv]

The Frank or the beans?

[@UniqueornBacon]

Upper lip

[@Crazael]

I'm not at all surprised to see lawn darts on this list. The Romans had a weapon they used that was, basically, a slightly heavier lawn dart that they would use to throw at enemy formations during the early stages of a battle.

[@GhostBear3067]

I was about to bring that up, and from what I have seen/read the weight difference between the Ancient Roman weapon and the children's "toy" were not even all that great.

[@julesstephenson8935]

In the 30s Gilbert also made a glass blowing kit as a toy for kids. And I remember seeing somewhere in the 1850s or 1860s that there was some kind of a toy train that had a kerosene powered engine, but the tank would frequently leak and the toy also had a habit of sparking. It caused many fires

[@matchrocket1702]

My mother bought me a Slip & Slid back in the early Sixties. As far as I know, for the short time I had it, no adults tried to use it. She also bought a Johnny Reb Cannon for me and my brother one year for Christmas. That was a good eye-poker. She also bought me a robot that shot hard, rubber-tipped missiles out of its head. That thing was deadly. I should get a T-shirt, I survived the the Sixties.

[@deirdrem8052]

My brother got a Johnny Reb cannon for Christmas sometime in the early 60’s. The first time he fired it, the cannon ball was shot out so hard it punched a hole in the family room wall.

[@AttackChefDennis]

Yes! Surviving to adulthood was an accomplishment growing up in the 70's

[@shayelea]

The Victoria Hall disaster had an even more tragic cause than mentioned here - the door bolted partially-shut to keep things “orderly” was less about crowd control and more to prevent children from sneaking in without paying. Fascinating Horror has a really good video on the incident.

[@happyfacefries]

Yes! Everyone should go see his video!

[@Nikki0417]

I thought I recognized that story from his channel.

[@joewilson3393]

I had a slip n slide in the 80's. I never liked it because it basically involved throwing myself on the ground which i never liked. Plus in Arizona it never seemed to have enough water to be actually slippery. It felt more like the slip n friction burn.

[@vylet2292]

Ya gotta add a lil dish soap.

[@happyfacefries]

I never played with the slip n slide for that reason, I didn't want throw myself on the ground

[@davidyoung2111]

Lol

[@thehorriblebright]

Imagine not taking drastic steps to prevent further accidents and injuries when things like this happens.

[@ithydoodles]

And the 1990s for jarts. We didn't know they were on recall. But also had common sense to know not to throw near people.

[@narutoshippuden3228]

For next episode probably consider looking at anglerfish -male fuses into the female fish

[@paineoftheworld]

It is amazing that injuries, deaths, and maimings pilled up without much intervention. It's almost like profit mattered more...

[@alhypo]

I still want that radiation lab kit! What's wrong with me?

[@sun1one1]

I played with lawn darts and Slip 'n' Slide and I'm still here. Some toys need adult supervision, that's all.

[@romulusnr]

I guess the CPSC didn't tell you about the evil dangers of scary scary -- magnet balls.

[@Alverant]

To all those people who say, "I played with those things and I was just fine." Congrats. You got lucky. Don't assume everyone was as lucky as you were back then.

[@alexaadams1738]

Sea horses mate for life. When young they will "date" until they find their forever mate, when they do they stay monogamous.

[@Netbug009]

My summer camp used to take a ton of thick trash bags, hoses, and some soap and make a massive slip and slide down the hill. Now I feel less silly about being a wimp and taking that thing slowly. 😰

[@nowandaround312]

I hated that thing! It was painful, the sensation of drying soap covering my body was awful and I was allergic to it but every year I was pressured into going down it

[@phatphish7617]

Giant makeshift wood ramps for bicycles..walnut wars..BB gun fights..scary creek adventures..wooden sword fights.. no seat belts..riding down freeway in back of pick up..home made chopper bicycle..no helmets EVER!!!

[@nickalbin3523]

Interesting animal sex fact. When a male rabbit copulates, he rolls onto his back. When I was a young child, we bred rabbits for meat.When we put them together to breed we gave the guy 3 backflips to have our best chance of procreation. On a lesser note, I have never seen it so I can't say for sure, but I was taught to always put the female in the male's cage as the female is super territorial and will attack the male if you put him in her cage.

[@froregon]

My grandparents had those lawn darts and they came out every family reunion. Had no idea they were so dangerous!

[@GhostBear3067]

The Ancient Romans used essentially the same thing as weapons, I never understood how anyone ever thought making those a toy was a good idea.

[@ferretyluv]

Man, I remember always wanting a slip n’ slide as a kid. I saw ads for it all the time up until the mid 2000s.

[@Akitrom]

You missed clackers, or "click-clacks". If a kid got them up and running, he would have two acrylic balls crashing into one another, hard and fast, about once a second, right in front of his face. Every so often, they would shatter.

[@CliffRoth]

I worked at ToysRUs during the Year of Elmo. People were insane. They would line up hours before opening on the chance there might be some. I worked night crew and when there was a shipment we would just put the full pallet out which would be devoured by the rush like vultures on a carcass.

[@WCOBDisorder]

Biology teacher training: fun animal sex facts: -Barnacles are crustaceans, and therefore need to internally fertilize. Being sessile, this poses a problem, and as a result barnacles have evolved the longest penis to body size ratio of any animal. -Another sessile animal, freshwater mussels, need ways to get their offspring upstream, so females have developed a mantle organ that contains larvae and looks like a small fish. Larger fish take a bite, the larvae shoot out, and attach themselves to the fish's gills to drop off at a later time. - In the deepest parts of the ocean, finding a mate is very difficult, so anglerfish have evolved extreme sexual dimorphism to continue. The large toothed, lure-having fish are females, while males are very tiny and survive solely on smell. They sniff out a female, bite into her, and basically dissolve everything but their testes to become a fertilizing organ for the larger female to use. Female anglers may have dozens of males attached at a time! - Kangaroos have three vaginas. This characteristic is shared with wombats and tasmanian devils. - Lobsters have a very short window for reproduction after an adult female molts, as with her shell attacged there's no entrance. - Bed bugs don't have that problem, as males just stab into females and inject sperm, no existing opening required

[@toastedwaffle4515]

My dad still has his "Fire staring Kit" he got for his birthday as a kid

[@yukalue]

What a great video to post for my birthday

[@geekgroupie42]

happy birthday!

[@angelalott2383]

I can't believe trampolines were on this list. I had one as a kid and it never even occurred to me that it might be dangerous. I had one without the safety net that I see on them these days.

[@DamnedM]

Combining the Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab with something made of lead might not have been such a bad idea 😁

[@franl155]

You'd think that, with any blowpipe-style toy, they'd put some sort of mesh at the mouth end so that while you could blow the projectile out, you couldn't suck it in.

[@DaveSomething]

"Oww! My eye! I'm not supposed to get lawn darts in it!" ~ Lenny, probably.

[@victoriahartable]

One of my favorite facts about the Stegosaurus. Scientists cannot figure out how they would have mated as both genders have the same set of plates and spikes!

[@MechWomanWarrior15]

*casually wonders how many Easy Bake ovens caused fires*

[@AndrewPonti]

These all blow my mind that they were legal at one time, but the uranium kit is by far the most "WTF" of them all!

[@DDlambchop43]

I had a version of a SlipnSlide, the Crocodile Mile. I never had the guts to actually try it since our yard was covered in gravel.

[@sadib100]

Getting killed by [dangerous toy] was my childhood. This new generation won't understand.

[@cindyfarrow2768]

I have a picture of grasshoppers mating. It was eye opening.

[@rob_i208]

Lawn Darts are basically Plumbata; war darts used by the ancient Roman army. The only difference is that Lawn Darts have better fins than the Romans could make.

[@sayjinpat4life]

Wow. Military equipment used as toys. Or probably same idea used 2 different ways

[@angeluslupus]

Tod of Tod's Workshop actually did a video on Jarts vs Plumbata! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3apcol9ft6fp6c

[@Microtonal_Cats]

I had Jarts as a kid in the 70s and I survived.

[@grahamrankin4725]

I had the ChemCraft set that also had uranium ore. I found one on Ebay several years back.

[@petermartin1954]

We used to play lawn darts in the dark!

[@luxuriouswishes]

My question is; why were lawn darts considered a kid's toy? You wouldn't let your kids play regular darts unsupervised, right?

[@dennistaylor7830]

From where did you get this hostess??

[@MentalFloss]

Erin is the editor-in-chief of MentalFloss.com

[@zatoth13]

My sister and I and a neighborhood kid were playing on a slip and slide, knocking each other down if I recall by standing while someone was sliding. The neighborhood kid was standing on the slide when I slid down and smashed my mouth into her knee by accident. I chipped teeth and my mouth hurt. Flash forward to my 30’s and 40’s, when the roots of teeth affected by the incident had abscesses that had developed over the years and required root canals, one so painful that it first had an emergency pulpectomy. Granted, we played dumbly on the slip and slide. An aside, the kid we played with died in a fire at her house, along with her mother…

[@kf10147]

I think an interesting animal sex fact would be to point out that flying insects chasing/circling each other are often looking to get some. Really puts dragonflies into perspective.

[@happyfacefries]

I'll never see them the same

[@kristamonroe9120]

In re: Animal Sex Lady Bugs (supposedly) have an extremely high number of STI’s.

[@amuseinthecraftroom6257]

I really miss lawn darts

[@jeremyswalley8625]

Oh yes the wonderful lawn darts !! Horseshoes can be dangerous if you don’t look out !

[@davidrose5632]

There was another water-based toy that I think got pulled because of injury...the water wiggle (?). It was hooked up to the water hose and this helmet shaped thing would flail about squirting water. It was horrible unpredictable and would bonk kids on the head very unexpectedly.

[@Cameroo]

I love how we'll legislate and regulate toys after a single death or fear of injury. But guns that massacre children and people in huge numbers get thoughts and prayers.

[@dynamicequilibrium5322]

Cold. Dead. Hands.

[@warlok363]

How many kids die in every pogrom or massacre in history? We will never give up our arms. Never.

[@frankydman]

I think the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard about animal sex is that the reproductive organ of the male duck is shaped like a corkscrew Does that help for that list?

[@talanigreywolf7110]

My parents wouldn't get us (me and my two brothers) a Slip N Slide so we made one out of of our solid concrete porch which was about three feet above the yard. It was perfect! Approximately sixteen feet by eight feet, it allowed us to slither off the edge right into my mother's rose bushes ;^)

[@agb1953]

For something the weight of a lawn dart to impact the ground with 23,000 pounds of force it would have to be going about Mach 4.

[@mathieuleader8601]

these could have been manufactured in Krampus's workshop

[@arrowghost]

You didn't cover the pogo stick, not just any normal pogo stick, gas-powered ones. Those are ouch! Bruising is painful too!

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Most dangerous toy EVER: Mattel "Shootin' Shell Pistol". It was supposed to be a toy cap pistol which came with adhesive caps and wooden "bullets". If used as directed, it was fairly harmless. When the hammer hit a cap stuck to the back of the wooden "bullet", the cap exploded and the resulting gas propelled the wooden bullet out the end at circa 30 km/hr. No big deal. It was a VERY well-made toy and a nearly exact replica of a .45 cal revolver. It was TOO EXACT a replica, however. If the hammer were sharpened into a firing pin, the "toy" would chamber and fire REAL .45 cal lead bullets at a speed of circa 1000 km/hr, just like a real gun. It was quite capable of killing anyone in the way. It was made of quality aircraft grade aluminum and was strong enough to hold the pressure of 100 MPa, and could fire quite a few rounds before failing. Gangs in major cities used them to kill many of their opponents.

[@CheekyPseudonym]

What was the country of origin of those lead laced toy in the 1990s?

[@AcbTyson]

I lived through the first three without injury to myself or anyone else. I think because we had adult supervision from adults that acted like adults.

[@emilyplunkett6034]

This topic reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live sketch.

[@RadBren13]

Bag of glass!

[@Aldo_raines]

I have a scar on my chin from a trampoline accident 20+ years ago. Got bounced up high, and as I came down my brother jumped up. My chin met his forehead, giving him a big goose egg. My chin needed several stitches.

[@happyfacefries]

Ooooo

[@Velata]

For the next episode: some sea slugs are hermaphrodites. When mating, neither one wanted to get pregnant but wanted to get the other one pregnant. They will engage in something called "p*nis fencing". If one of them got stabbed, that one became pregnant.

[@happyfacefries]

What the

[@bethn2836]

I broke a rip in high school using a giant slip and slide at a school activity.

[@madope9986]

Recently heard of a fact that the male mantis tries to sneak up on the female and mate because if he is seen before that he may become 'lunch' or get attacked!

[@AdleisioCefnforDolphin]

For the upcoming video's topic....Where to begin though, you could almost make entire video on all the escapades that dolphins get up to. 1. The first one I distinctly remember is that some species of dolphins will "buzz" each other's genital slits using their sonar as a sort of foreplay. 2. Male dolphins are know to use a lot of different items, sometimes other animals like fish (dead and alive), for sexual stimulation. 3. It is not uncommon for dolphins to demonstrate high levels of homosexuality for sexual gratification, sometimes thought to be part of socializing and learning courtship rituals. 4. There is also the story of the scientist who tried to teach a male dolphin human language by flooding her house's basement only to end up with a very uncooperative individual unless she basically gave it some level of sexual stimulation (think equivalent of a hand job) 5. Anatomically female dolphins are rumored to have surprisingly power muscles in their genitals, and they have an anatomical feature called 'annular folds' which are hypothesized to allow them some control for choosing his male will fertilize them by storing semen. Uh....hopefully that is enough quick takes to have a direction for more research.

[@wezul]

Fun fact about animal sex: once a female ferret goes into heat, she MUST mate or she will die. Once in heat, they stay in heat until they mate. If no mating happens, "prolonged high doses of estrogen lead to aplastic anemia - a serious condition that can lead to death." This is why it's critical to spay female ferrets that aren't meant for breeding.

[@happyfacefries]

Sometimes I feel like a female ferret

[@SleepNeed]

Regarding trampolines: Back when I was a kid, some neighborhood kids and I used to play "trampoline sumo" on a neighbor's old trampoline that was about three feet off the ground and didn't have a safety net or even a pad covering the springs. The rules were simple: Slam into your opponent during a jump and if you fall down (most common) or fall out of the "ring" which, while rare, did happen, you lose. Stupid kids being stupid kids. Makes me now shake my head at how dangerous a game to play it was. In hindsight, I'm amazed that summer nobody got pinched by the springs, broke a bone, or worse.

[@sherrylhenning5630]

It's always so much fun to see people freak out about the stuff we did as kids! Don't worry, your kids will freak when they find out what YOU did! LOL!

[@jeremyswalley8625]

Chemical balloons with the little straw!! Chemistry sets that actually contained radioactive materials! 😮

[@thecoryguy]

2:27 can I get a sad burn too?

[@amira218]

I once saw a duck “gang” rape. One duck bit and held the neck of the victim forcing its head under water while the other duck raped it. The poor victim was thrashing and screaming. Google said this type of animal sex is not uncommon. It was very upsetting to see.

[@Manava2012]

oh man the last one is a disaster.

[@chefbarona3052]

Hell, I have a set right now! We can't use them because the dogs want to catch them.

[@oliviaschwickerath4082]

Am I the only one who misses the “dangerous” metal swirly slides and wooden park equipment from alyear back? Because they were so much cooler than all this plastic crap 😭😭

[@nowandaround312]

No I don't miss all the splinters from wooden playgrounds and burns from metal slides

[@Neiot]

The next topic is animal sex, huh? I've got a tidbit to share. Domestic cats will often mate with their own offspring and siblings. When a cat reaches sexual maturity, the instinct to pass on their genes is so strong that a tom will mate with his mother and any female cat in heat. Toms will also mate with other toms. The reason for this is that in a clowder - the collective term for cats - if there are no unrelated members, they're not going to be picky. Though, it is worth noting that related cats will absolutely fight back to avoid incest.

[@Leftyloveshuskies]

According to this video, I should not be watching this video.

[@EbyKat]

Hyenas… just… it’s a lot

[@route2070]

Animal sex. In middle school I did a paper on sharks. This included learning (at least in great white sharks) sometimes during sex, saltwater could go up the vagina of the female, at which point she may thrash around, at which point, at times rupturing one of the male's testicle. If I remember right, I think it could grow back.

[@d_izzy]

Animal sex facts! Like how there is a fish that changes sex depending on its age? Or more like how bed bugs battle with their penile swords. Whoever loses gets to be 'mum'.

[@matchrocket1702]

Same with squids. They try to jab each other with a penile-tipped tentacle. Apparently it can be jabbed anywhere into the victim. Whoever gets the jab is the mum.

[@thnktank1]

Few things are more desirable thn deadly toys. 👍

[@countdooku7020]

I don’t remember the exact species but some dolphins will cut off the head of some fish and use it like a fleshlight…ewwww

[@johanlahti84]

regarding animal sex. In sweden we were veeeeeery late to put a law against people having sex with animals. it's "Tidelag" to have sex with animals here

[@mlc3stooge1]

Blaming toys for injuries that could have been prevented by clear thinking or parental guidance is just plain lazy. I had Jarts from the age of 8 to 14. They were fun and no injuries. And you're blaming the cork gun for the injuries caused by the item being altered and modified by the consumer? Do you blame milk when someone adds rat poison to it? Please.

[@55giantsfan22]

I still have my lawn darts from my gmas

[@firstcynic92]

Am I supposed to yell out "Senpai noticed me!"? Meh.

[@ALAPINO]

Darwinism requires participants.

[@Martipar]

Ladybirds aka Ladybugs mate for up to 2 hours at a time.

[@davidyoung2111]

I'm 46 so it ya, I grew up with & LOVED Lawn Jarts! Kids today are P-----. Lawn Jarts helped weed out the stupid kids through Darwinism, lol.

[@rayyankhan343]

Barnacles have the largest penis to body ratio of any animal Also in vertebrates sperm size is inversely correlated with Body size Small animals have Much larger sperm cells

[@ifor20got]

I had most of these toys as a kid and i am still alive and fine... Forgive the slow typing as I only have one hand and no legs.... fyi. I only landed on my head when I would fall out of Mums station wagon during parades....

[@rileyates]

Insect Sex: finally putting my entomology degree to good use!! My favorite is either aphids are born pregnant or that bed bug practice traumatic insemination and males physically stab through the females body wall.

[@MentalFloss]

I thought I couldn't dislike bed bugs more...

[@caodesignworks2407]

Another list of dangerous toys, another list in a line of list that's exactly like the previous "dangerous toys" list and adds nothing to it. Edit: Okay, there are a couple of new things on this list. Though, they're all old old.

[@EverydayKindaGuy]

There are times when natural selection needs a helping hand.

[@ltlbuddha]

You must do a segment on ducks in the animal sex list. The genitals corkscrewing in opposite directions is just bonkers

[@happyfacefries]

0_o

[@jadesnowdee8221]

Finally, a rare chance to share my knowledge of odd facts about animal sex-life!!! XD Here you are, grab those curiosities which aren't as well-know as the Nemo-fish changing their sex or Hyenas peudo-penises fun facts: For known from polish memes proboscis monkeys - (nose) size matters - the older the male, the longer and more penis-like his nose. Why? That's because these monkeys live in the dense canopy of tropical trees, so most of their body is covered by leaves - including their genitals. Females can't see them, so to judge which male is the most masculine one and would be the best choice for the role of the future dad, they judge them by the size of male noses. Also, the bigger the nose, the greater mating sound he will be making. Males of the aquatic warbler have gigantic testicles. I mean, really monsterous - they can weigh 1/4 of the total weight of those birds. So yeah, for comparison, an average 80 kg men would have testes weighting 20 kg. Sometimes while peacefully observing the nature we can come across some animal-sex oddities. Some examples? A moose trying to copulate with a bronze statue of a bison in Montana; a frog trying to have sex with a goldfish in the Netherlands; and a cane toad trying to have sex with a victim of road kill (notably in the missionary position - a rarity in the animal kingdom). In the 2003 biologist Kees Moeliker earned the Ig Nobel prize for his publication describing an example of duck homosexual necrophilia. Female ducks can change their sex. Duck default is male. That single ovary the females possess creates estrogen, which suppresses the male chromosome. If she loses her single ovary to, for example, an infection, she cannot produce estrogen any more, so she will start to develop male plumage and also becomes functional sexually as a male: her vestigial ovary masculinize develops into a testis, which later starts to produce the fertile sperms. Next weird fact about ducks? Rape is a normal reproductive strategy in mallards. They and other wildfowl are among the 3% of bird species whose males have phalluses big enough to insert into the vaginas of females, whether the female consents. That's why some female ducks have evolved complex genitalia to thwart unwelcome mating attempts. Some vaginas have such weird shapes as spiral channels that would impede sex by twisting in the opposite direction to that of the male phallus or others haves as many as eight cul-de-sac pouches en route, that could prevent fertilization by capturing unwelcome sperm. What's interesting, one in 10 of mallard couples are homosexual. Male Ruffs come in three types: most (80 - 95 %) are called “independents - they have fancy plumes and are eager for fighting. Another 5 - 20 % of males are known as “satellites” - they take a subsidiary role. They’re not as colourful but display their feathers alongside the independents and help attract females to the lek. In return the independents tolerate them-and occasionally permit satellites the chance to mate with a female. But here' the fun fact: there’s a very rare third kind of male (< 1 %) known as a “faeder”, that don’t fight and don’t sport any colorful feathers at all - they look just like a female Ruff (but despite that, their testes are much larger than an independent’s.). This trait allows them to sneak onto the lek without attracting unwanted attention from the fight-loving independents. Then they're waiting until a female signals to a displaying independent that she’s ready to mate. At this critical time, the faeder quickly ducks in and mates before the independent has a chance. But very often the faeders are instead mounted by independent or satellite males - and they are as often "on top" in homosexual mountings as the ruffed males, suggesting that their true identity is known by the other males. So you all know red deer stags and their giant antlers. But it's not the only thing that helps them bring hinds into oestrus. Stags will often urinate straight onto their entire belly from the penis onwards - this manouver helps them spray the pheromones which say to the ladies how masculine they are. Other deers may want to dig a hole, urinate there and then roll in it. Also, some lazy stags are simply cheating and will thrash about in the vegetation to make themselves look larger. Oh, and have you ever notice that during the rut, the male deer may be tasting the air? He's doing that to determine if the females are ready to mate. Some big wild cats are attracted to Calvin Klein's perfumes. Scientists tested "Obsession for Men'' as a potential help to lure those cats close to camera traps. And it did! It all thanks to the pheromone called civetone, which is contained in those perfumes. Civetone was first derived from the glands of a nocturnal cat-like mammal called a civet, though now most often made synthetically. With its musky odor, it is one of the world's oldest perfume ingredients and it just so happens to be totally enthralling to big cats. Also, a curator at New York's Bronx Zoo tested the effects of 23 perfumes on two cheetahs. Estée Lauder's Beautiful performed the worst and the Obsession did the best.

[@tenzhitihsien888]

When I was a kid, before I ever experienced the fun of lawn darts I was throwing knives, hatchets, and shooting BB/pellet guns. Not to mention horseshoes, which were probably also dangerous by today's standards. I got more injuries riding a bicycle and attempting to ride a skateboard.

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

The frequency of injuries and severity of injuries are 2 VERY different things when it comes to banned toys. (these are not actual statistics they are just examples to illustrate my point) lets say 1/5 kids who ride a bike will break their arm atleast once while using the bike, It's a broken arm and It will heal so most people are not going to never let their kid ride a bike out of fear of a kid breaking their arm or pull it from the market because so many kids broke their arms. Now lets say there is another toy and for this toy 1/250 kids who use it are permanently paralyzed from the waste down as a result of the toy. Now the broken arm happens literally 50X more often than the Paralysis does, but the broken arm will probably heal within a month so it is really not a big deal whereas the paralysis will leave a signifigant lifelong legacy upon those unlucky .4% of kids who are injured and is as such is more likely to be pulled from the shelves than the bike. "I did it and I survived" is not a very good excuse to use when there were people who were killed by something, just because not every single person who used it got hurt by something, doesn't make the people who did die any less dead.

[@valentinursu1747]

Animal sex facts... Here'as 2: Duck's corkscrew genitalia and polar bear baculum breaking during intercourse.