Evel Knievel, the pioneer of motorcycle long jumping exhibitions, suffered 433 fractured bones and holds the world record for the most bones broken in a lifetime.

According to the World Health Organization, the number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 830 million in 2023. It is expected to rise to 853 million by 2050.

In 2012, more than thirty percent of all deaths in Russia were attributed to alcohol.

The Indianapolis 500 has claimed more than sixty lives, at least one of them being an innocent bystander. In 1931, a wreck by Billy Arnold sent a stray tire flying out of the race track  and across a street where it struck and killed an eleven-year-old, Wilbur Brink, while he was playing in his front yard.

The Charbonnet Labatt funeral home became famous in 2014 for displaying the bodies of the deceased in upright poses.