re: Have you ever wondered why some vending machines are caged in?

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You see, at least 50 Americans die each year when they shake a vending machine to the point where it topples over and falls on them.

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I don't see. There were only 37 deaths between 1978 and 1995. The general number of vending machines out there is shrinking, so I'd have trouble believing that the number of deaths per year has suddenly jumped higher than the total number of deaths in a 17 year period.