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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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    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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    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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    The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    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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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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