What causes the most household accidents?
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that the five most dangerous sources are:
stairs, glass doors, cutlery, glass bottles and jars, and home power tools.
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Which U.S. states have the greatest number of hazardous waste sites?
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How fast does the earth travel around the sun?
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