Random Death Facts

    26 facts tagged with Death Facts

    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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    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 Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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    There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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