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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should

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You never know what tomorrow might bring. It might start like a perfectly ordinary day but then you go out for a hike and get lost in the wilderness. Or get back to your apartment building and take the elevator to your floor just for it to start falling.
Of course, it's very improbable that you'll end up in a similar situation. But if, God forbid, you do, internet personality Adorian Deck, aka The Facts Guy, wants you to be prepared. So he is working on an interesting video series where he shares information on how to identify and escape emergencies.

Meet Adorian Deck, aka The Facts Guy, who has over 3 million followers on TikTok

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If a service dog ever approaches you without its owner, follow them and do it quickly because you could be saving someone else's life.
395points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you think your home is haunted and you've been seeing or hearing a presence, get a carbon monoxide detector, there's a chance you could be hallucinating and this could be lethal
358points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you are ever trapped in a car, the headrest pole is made of material that is designed to smash car windows.
331points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
When crying for help, try and call some specific people like "hey, you in the red shirt, help, I'm being mugged!" A lot of people will ignore a help call so if you call someone specifically they'll look at you. If people are really ignoring your help call you can just try and yell "fire!" because people are going to come running to see stuff burning.
315points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you ever come face to face with a mountain lion, don't turn around, just walk backwards, they will be waiting for you to turn around before they attack you.
308points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you have a wound or bug bite and there's this kind of weird red line, that's blood poisoning.
303points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you witness an accident, never take off the person's helmet, you can make a spine or brain injury worse
294points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If your house smells like fish for absolutely no reason there may be an electric fire
286points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
Keep a survival candle in your car when you're in cold areas because the heat from one candle can keep you from fatal freezing. And these candles can last up to 36 hours.
285points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If a moose is in the middle of the road, it's better to just swerve and run into a ditch because hitting a moose is like hitting a brick wall.
270points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
Use this helpful rhyme to remember what to do in the event of facing each kind of bear "If it's brown - lay down, if it's black - fight back, if it's white - goodnight"
268points

#12

40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If a tornado looks like it's not moving, it's because it's moving towards you.
266points

#13

40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
The more colorful and vivid the animal the more likely it's poisonous.
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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you are ever buried in rubble, yelling will just waste energy, try and grab something and tap it in intervals of three, rescuers will notice the pattern.
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If somebody is ever trying to take you or points a gun at you to get you away in a public place, you just have to start screaming and fighting. Even if you're shot, medical attention can get to you relatively fast, but if they do end up taking you to a private place, your chances of being rescued are much lower
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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
Never mix bleach and ammonia because the result is a poisonous gas that will take your life.
247points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If lost in the woods, always follow the water downstream.
243points

#18

40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you ever see square waves in the ocean get out immediately
236points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
Garage door springs can kill you if you try to take them off the wrong way. So best recommended to leave it to professionals.
236points

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40 Life-Saving Tips You Might Not Have Known But Definitely Should
If you've gone two and a half days without water and your only choice is either drink water that can't be sanitized or not drink water, drink the water. You're gonna pass away no matter what if you don't drink it. Most diseases you get from drinking bad water takes a couple of days to set in so you have some more time to get out.
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