Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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