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C-sections and sharks

Hospital births in China and whether it鈥檚 true 50% are delivered by caesarean section

How many women in China give birth in hospitals, and whether it was true that 50% of births there are delivered by caesarean section. Oh, and we also mention guts and bacteria鈥�

Sharks kill 12 humans a year but humans kill 11,417 sharks an hour. That鈥檚 the statistic used in a Facebook meme that鈥檚 doing the rounds. Is it true?

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