Fall Facts

Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.

Male hospital patients are more likely to fall than female patients, though the difference is modest and varies by study.

Nicholas Alkemade, a pilot during World War 2, survived falling 18,000 feet after jumping from a burning Lancaster bomber.

A fall of 30 feet can be survived by most cats.