Random Creepy Things You Didn't Know About Falling To Your Death (12 items)

(#9) Falls Cause Fatal Injuries Shockingly Often

Humans spend a lot of time inside their homes and other places, so dangerous falls occur most often in indoor settings. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional falling causes over 30,000 deaths a year in America alone. Those numbers are higher than those resulting from car accidents. The CDC even notes most people in emergency rooms are there to address injuries caused by falls.

Usually, those who endure fatal injuries related to a loss of balance fall in everyday settings. Wet bathroom environments are especially dangerous as are public shopping areas.
(#8) Things Could Get Messy

Depending on what kind of surface breaks the impact of a fall, there could be a lot of blood spatter. Even if the person falling lands in one piece, the impact could cause external injuries. These injuries may lead to bleeding out since the blood vessels are unable to contain the blood anymore.

An adult human has approximately 1.2 to 1.5 gallons of blood inside the body. Forensic analysts can also use the pattern of blood spatter to determine the height, force, and velocity of how someone fell.
(#1) You Might Fall Faster Than You Can Think

Although our brains account for only a small percentage of our body mass, they require approximately 20 percent of our energy. While our reaction times can be quiet fast - like 250 mph - the time in which we experience pain or process trauma is much slower. Signals travel through our brains at a rate of about one meter per second.

So depending on how short the fall is, one could hit the ground before even processing what's happening.
(#3) You Weigh More When You Hit the Ground

The act of falling itself generally isn't what ends a person - but the sudden deceleration of our bodies can. Falling from a great height can dramatically alter our weight upon impact. So if you fell out of an airplane with no parachute, your body would be about 7,500 times its normal weight when it hit the ground. In that moment, your brain alone would weigh 10 tons.

To put it into perspective, if someone weighing 110 pounds fell a distance of 10 feet with a deceleration at 1 foot, then the force generated from the body would actually equal about 1,210 pounds.
(#5) Your Aorta Might Disconnect From Your Heart

A fall from a great height can disconnect the aorta - the largest blood vessel pumping blood - from the heart. The heart may then continue to beat and distribute blood into the body cavity, but this only continues for a few seconds.

Because the cells and blood vessels have ruptured, the brain no longer receives the blood necessary to keep functioning.
(#6) Your Skull Could Shatter

Depending on how you land when you fall, your skull could crack into several pieces. This type of injury has the potential to cause life-debilitating brain and spine damage. This is why one should wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, bicycle, or even skateboard.

However, a helmet can't prevent serious injury if one falls from the height of a building.