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Do sandcastles kill more people than sharks?

Partial Answer: It's likely very close Wikipedia provides a list of fatal shark attacks in the US (reproduced below), but there is no such publicly available list for sand collapses so it's hard to ...
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Will a shark kept in a fish tank have stunted growth?

This article is about goldfish, not sharks, but it's the same urban legend: Goldfish Only Grow to the Size of Their Enclosure There is an element of truth to this, but it is not as innocent ...
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Are 100 million sharks culled per year for safety reasons?

The Australian Marine Conservation Society's web site is http://www.marineconservation.org.au/ . Doing a search for shark cull million on their web site gets as the first hit Government on shark watch ...
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