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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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    No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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    The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.
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    There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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    Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.
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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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    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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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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