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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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We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.

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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.

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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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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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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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Hemlock Water Dropwort

There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.

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