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Hal beat me to it, but here's a little story that I like to tell people who get hysterical over little things like, "did you know that the ionization you receive from your monitor while reading this message can create an imbalance in your free radicals who could (always 'could' or 'may') lead to an increased risk of death (especially when you use a fullsize monitor while driving).

Anyway, the story.

Researchers from many disciplines recently released the results of a decades long research into the primary cause of death for all peoples of all time. That's right, they now know the leading factor in all the deaths up to the present since the beginning of the species. While the findings still require a more detailed peer review, scientists around the world are already hailing the work as a masterpiece. Seems that scientists were able to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that every person who has died since the beginning of time has a common link. That link is 'birth'. Yes, it appears that the leading cause of death for our species (perhaps all species) is birth. Scientists are looking for a way to defeat this so-called 'birth' phenomenon now. The full article will be published next month in the respected "Mad Magazine" journal of medicine.

I've had people reply with weird answers because they see these things all the time and don't know if I'm joking.