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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We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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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 Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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