1. According to a submission to funfacts.com (the page can be found here), there are an average of two people every year who are killed by vending machines. In 2007, there were three reported cases of vending machines deaths.
2. On average there are three people a year who are killed by skiing into trees. In fact, in 1998, both Sonny Bono and Micheal Kennedy both left the mortal coil in this fashion.
3. Gertrude Baines, who was the world's oldest person, passed away on Friday, (9/11/09) Click here to read the entire article.
4. Here are some articles with a glimpse behind the word 'funeralize'. Whether the term is actually recognized as a word or not appears to be a topic of some debate. The information can be located here. At Urban Dictionary the definition of funeralize is "the state of being resulting from a funeral." Makes sense. Click here to view the page. And the allmighty dictionary.com definition can be found here. On a slightly contradictory note, Newsobserver.com gives a different meaning, navigate here to check it out.