There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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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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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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