In today’s unpredictable world, it’s not uncommon for people to find themselves in unexpected and dangerous situations. From natural disasters to accidents and medical emergencies, having the right tools and knowledge at hand can make all the difference in a life-or-death scenario. With this in mind, we have compiled a comprehensive list of over 50 essential items that could save a person’s life someday.
1. Float if you fall into cold water
Hopefully you never have to experience a situation like this, but if you do find yourself struggling in cold water, resist the urge to swim and just float. Many strong swimmers drown, not because they can’t swim, but due to the shock of the cold water. To survive, you need to just float until that shock goes and you can safely get yourself back on dry land. Remember – float to survive!
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Random facts about World
- Camels store fatty tissue, not water, in their humps. Storing fat in one area helps keep them cooler than if it was distributed across the rest of their body like fat is in most other animals.
- Japan is made up of 6,852 islands.
- The first airplane flew on December 17, 1903. Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with their first powered aircraft, aka the first airplane.
- Chile didn’t legalize divorce until 2004, making it the last country in the Western Hemisphere to do so.
- Australia is wider than the moon. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.
- There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any American state name. There's a Z in Arizona and an X in Texas, but no Q in any of them.
- In 2014, a group of researchers in England determined that the song “Wannabe” by The Spice Girls was the catchiest song ever written. People could identify it in about 2.3 seconds, well below the average of 5 seconds it took to recognize other songs.
- Haiti is the only country that recognizes voodoo as a religion.
- Alaska has a longer coastline than the coastline of all other 49 states combined.
- Since “Hanukkah” is a Hebrew word translated to English, there is no official correct spelling of it. Some spelling variants include Chanukkah, Chanukah, Hannuka, and Hannukah.