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Fun statistical fact: Cows are about 300 times more likely to kill you than coyotes.

Minor sidenote to statistical fact: If it was common for people to keep several hundred coyotes on their property and routinely chase them into a corral and handle them, this statistic would be different.

this is a great summary of ‘conditional probability’, a statistical property many people grapple with 

Statistical fact: most shark bites occur in three feet (or less) of water.

Minor sidenote to fact: if it was common for people to paddle about in the open ocean while on vacation, this would be very different.