Americans are as likely to be killed by their own furniture as by terrorism. Can you give me more examples like this?

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answer:Americans are more likely to be killed by lightning than get HIV from a blood transfusion. You were four times more likely to be struck by lightning than killed by a terrorist. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

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