What's The Most Dangerous Place on Earth?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. 93% of all the humans who have ever lived are dead. For everyperson alive right now, there are 15 people who are no longer alive. The Earth is dangerous...butwhere is the most dangerous place on Earth? Ignoring freak occurrances, where is the mostpersistently perilous place on the surface of our planet?Well, let's being with temperature. Extreme heat and extreme cold can kill within hours,if not minutes. In cold environments, without clothing, the human body, by itself, doesn'tdo a very good job of maintaining a high enough temperature to live. It just takes too muchwork. Even when you feel comfortable and warm, nearly half of your daily caloric intake isused merely to keep your body's temperature where it should...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. 93% of all the humans who have ever lived are dead. For everyperson alive right now, there are 15 people who are no longer alive. The Earth is dangerous...butwhere is the most dangerous place on Earth? Ignoring freak occurrances, where is the mostpersistently perilous place on the surface of our planet?Well, let's being with temperature. Extreme heat and extreme cold can kill within hours,if not minutes. In cold environments, without clothing, the human body, by itself, doesn'tdo a very good job of maintaining a high enough temperature to live. It just takes too muchwork. Even when you feel comfortable and warm, nearly half of your daily caloric intake isused merely to keep your body's temperature where it should...
