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One State Has Recorded The Most Shark Attacks For Three Centuries (Really!)

Among the top beaches in the United States for shark attacks, only one other state broke into the top 5.

By Renee Straker • 1 hour ago

File - Two female Bull Sharks swim across each other in the waters off West Palm Beach, Florida

( Getty Images/Julian Gunther )

For more than 300 years Florida has been and remains the hottest spot for shark attacks. Only one other state even broke into the top 5 in the newest ranking from the tide forecasting platform Tideschart .

Their researchers looked back at recorded attacks dating all the way back to 1642.

The Florida beach that came in at number one saw more than four times the number of shark attacks than the beach that came in second.

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