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 *Beer bottles are common... and strong enought to fracture a skull.
 **Empty bottles have a higher fracture energy than full ones.<ref name=pmid19239964>{{cite journal |author=Bolliger SA, Ross S, Oesterhelweg L, Thali MJ, Kneubuehl BP |title=Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull? |journal=J Forensic Leg Med |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=138–42 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19239964 |doi=10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013 |url=}}</ref>
+====Accidental vs. intentional====
+Features of non-accidental injuries:<ref name=pmid20141554>{{cite journal |author=Guyomarc'h P, Campagna-Vaillancourt M, Kremer C, Sauvageau A |title=Discrimination of falls and blows in blunt head trauma: a multi-criteria approach |journal=J. Forensic Sci. |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=423–7 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20141554 |doi=10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01310.x |url=}}</ref>
+*Lacerations:
+**Number - more than three.
+**Length >= 7 cm or more.
+**Location:
+***Above hat brim line (HBL).
+***Ear.
+***Left-sided.
+*Fractures:
+**Comminuted or depressed calvarial fractures.
+**Fractures located above the HBL.
+**Left-sided fractures.
+*Facial injuries:
+**Greater than four facial contusions or lacerations.
+**Facial fractures.
+*"Postcranial osseous" [sic] and/or visceral trauma.
 ===Commotio cordis===