Sand kills more people than sharks


	Sand kills more people than sharks

kkcapricorn

6-21-2007 1:48 PM

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sand, death, sharks, beach, video

kkcapricorn says:

Geeeez! Just when I thought it was safe to go on the beach.

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6-21-2007 2:16 PM

dorine

Saw this in my newspaper today. Never knew about this. Wow.

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