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by zimpenfish 367 days ago
[0] lists 28 documented cases - if we ignore the 5 before 1943 (probably not reliable records), that gives 23 in just over 80 years or roughly one every 3.5 years (although you'd expect that to have increased over time as more people live or tourist near the trees)

Of those 23, 5 were infants (<3y), 1 was killed by 4 coconuts, 1 was killed by a bunch of 57 coconuts(!), and 2 were accidentally killed by their harvesting monkeys.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut

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> 1 was killed by a bunch of 57 coconuts(!)

I'll raise you this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66429342