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Hmm, 10 million people is roughly a third of the population of Canada. AFAIK, nothing in recorded history ever killed that many people in a single day. (To give
by lhorie 11y ago
Hmm, 10 million people is roughly a third of the population of Canada. AFAIK, nothing in recorded history ever killed that many people in a single day. (To give some perspective, the atomic bombs in WWII "only" killed in the range of a hundred thousand people)
If you look at a major terrorist attack death toll, you'll probably find that it's within one order of magnitude of, say, a major riot death toll.
- foxhedgehog 11y agoI don't think that this is true. The worst terrorist attacks look to be about an order of magnitude worse than the worst riots.
- lhorie 11y agoLooks like I was wrong: riots were worse. Quick google search: http://www.sickchirpse.com/top-10-most-devastating-terrorist-attacks-by-death-toll/ http://www.sickchirpse.com/top-10-most-devastating-terrorist... http://listverse.com/2014/02/07/10-deadliest-riots-in-history/ http://listverse.com/2014/02/07/10-deadliest-riots-in-histor... According to those, worst terrorist attack was 9/11, with ~6k deaths in a single day. Most of the riots in the riot list had larger death tolls (ranging from anywhere between ~7k in a single day, to over 1M over a period of time).