Question

World war 1 lasted from August 4th 1914 until November 11th, 1918. During this time an estimated 10 million lives were lost. About how many people were dying per day?

Answer 1

The question is so dry, mechanical, and devoid of emotion
that it's terrifying.

There is no way to assign a number to "How many people were
dying per day", and I would prefer not even to think about it in
those terms.

-- The period of time from August 4, 1914 until November 11, 1918 is 1,560 days.

-- The "average", or better, the "unit rate" of 10 million events in 1,560 days
is the quotient

                   (10,000,000 events) / (1,560 days) 

               =  6,410.3 events per day

               =     267.1 events per hour

               =       4.45 events per minute.


Reciprocally, this is a unit rate of 

                  13.48 seconds per event,
                  sustained continuously for 4.274 years !

When will we ever learn ! ?