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<\/a>Selfie danger is on the rise.<\/p>\nIn mid-September, a Japanese tourist at the Taj Mahal was taking a picture of himself and fell down stairs, leading to a fatal brain injury<\/a>.\u00a0 In early September, a\u00a0 Houston teenager was killed taking a selfie with a gun<\/a>.\u00a0 In August, a man was gored while trying to take a selfie during a Spanish bull run<\/a>.<\/p>\n The website Mashable was so intrigued by the rise that they tried to compare selfie deaths to shark-related deaths.\u00a0 To their surprise, so far in 2015, more people have died from selfie-related incidents (12) than from shark attacks (8).\u00a0 This difference is actually likely to be bigger since selfie deaths aren’t easily tracked.<\/p>\n While the stories sound a little humorous, this is a serious problem.\u00a0 Many places are banning selfie sticks (including the Texas State Fair<\/a>, for those of you planning on venturing up there), Waterton Canyon park in Colorado has closed (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Selfie danger is on the rise. In mid-September, a Japanese tourist at the Taj Mahal was taking a picture of himself and fell down stairs, leading to a fatal brain injury.\u00a0 In early September, a\u00a0 Houston teenager was killed taking…<\/span><\/p>\n