Random Death Facts

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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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    We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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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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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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