Via News of the Weird – estimated accidents in the home according to an annual report from Britain’s Department of Trade and Industry, and detailed in a June issue of New Scientist

• 36 people were sent to the hospital for injuries associated with teapot covers
• approx. 165 for injuries from placemats
• 330 from toilet paper holders
• and approx. 13,000 from vegetables
• sponge-related accidents fell from 996 to 787.

Those wacky Britons; always living life to the fullest.