Safety facts and facts about safeties, from the Random Facts shelf.
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"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes
me to tremble for the safety of my country . . . Corporations have been
enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money
power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the
prejudices of people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the
Republic is destroyed." Abraham Lincoln, 1864
The Reinheitsgebot, a Bavarian law from 1516, said beer could only be made from water, barley, and hops. It is one of the oldest food-safety laws in the world.
French Bulldogs are terrible swimmers. Their heavy front ends, short legs, and flat faces make it hard for them to stay afloat, so a Frenchie near a pool should ideally wear a dog life jacket.
Most Bulldogs can't swim well because their heavy, front-loaded bodies, short legs, and flat faces make it hard to stay afloat. Pools are a real drowning risk for them without supervision or a life jacket.
Unprovoked shark bites on humans are rare, usually fewer than 100 per year worldwide, and only a handful are fatal. People are far more dangerous to sharks than sharks are to people.