Dark, but still Fun Facts

This week's fun facts are dark because I enjoy dark facts.

1. In the UK, the most common cause of death for men under 50 is suicide.

2. Hundreds of inmates died during Hurricane Katrina, not because of the hurricane or flooding, they died because the officials left in a panic and left the inmates to starve in their cells.

3. Before World War II, Hitler offered to give Jewish refuges to the U.S., Britain, and many more first world countries, but they refused.

4. Tuberculosis killed 1.5 million people in 2014, making it a larger cause of death than AIDS.

5. Vincent Van Gogh's last words were "The sadness will last forever."

6. More people died in Auschwitz than the British and America losses during WW2 combined.

7. In 1968, a man built an platform off the coast of Italy and declared himself the President of his micronation. The Italian government seized control and blew it up with explosives.

8. Human trafficking is the largest growing criminal industry.The industry is worth about $32 billion in total.

9. Gun sales increase after a mass shooting.

10. The only country that spoke against Germany when it was annexing (seizing territory by force) Austria, was Mexico.

11. Half of the top 20 cities with murder rates are located in Brazil.

12. Spain was neutral in WW1 and WW2, but they experienced a civil war from 1936-1939, which killed over 500,000.

13. A Russian suicide bomber planned to attack Moscow during the new year (because of the crowds) but she received a text message, and the bomb instantly exploded, only killing the bomber.

14. The youngest serial killer is age 8, killing 3 young children, as well as the neighbors baby, who he killed by smashing it with a brick.

15. The top 5 worst cities for pollution in the U.S. are all in CA.

16. Nazis burned and banned "Bambi" because it was made by a Jewish author.

17. It takes longer to drown in salt water than it does fresh water.

18, Only 2% of women describe themselves as beautiful.

19. Once a dog hits the ago of 10, it has a 50% chance of dying from cancer.

20. 1/3 of the deaths in WWI were caused by the Spanish Flue.