TIL a "micromort" is a unit given to the amount of times a person will die out of a million tries. For example, going skydiving is 9 micromorts, meaning that there is a 9/1,000,000 chance that a person will die after a trip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Micromort



Submitted March 14, 2015 at 09:23PM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2z10h0/til_a_micromort_is_a_unit_given_to_the_amount_of/