Random Death Facts

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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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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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    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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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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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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    There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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    When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
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