Random Death Facts

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    Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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