Odds of winning the lottery: 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions jackpot) Lifetime odds of dying in a low-oxygen environment: 1 in 235,604 (National Safety Council Odds of Dying)
- The average healthy human at rest takes 12 breaths of air per minute.
- If oxygen content drops below 17 percent people may experience fatigue. If it drops to eight or 10 percent, death is very likely within a short time.
- The average oxygen content in air that we breathe is 21 percent.
- Oxygen-rich environments that have more than 23 percent oxygen content increase the risk for explosions in the presence of an ignition […]
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