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The 71-year-old logician and mathematician developed an obsessive fear of being poisoned and refused to eat food prepared by anyone but his wife. When she became ill and was hospitalized, he starved to death. [342] [343] At the time of his death, he only weighed around 65 pounds (29 kg). [344] [failed verification] Georgi Markov: 11 September 1978
And the Instagram page ‘Unbelievable Facts’ is one of the best places to do just that. Every day, they share fascinating trivia, building a collection that now includes over 10,000 unique ...
Image credits: astarisaslave #8. TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living.
Premature burial can lead to death through the following: asphyxiation, dehydration, starvation, or (in cold climates) hypothermia.A person trapped with fresh air to breathe can last a considerable time and burial has been used as a very cruel method of execution (as in cases of Vestal Virgins who violated the oath of celibacy), lasting sufficiently long for the victim to comprehend and ...
Varanasi is the only city in India that has pyres burning 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with an average of 300 bodies burned per day. [28] Death photographers come to Varanasi daily to take photos of the recently deceased, which serve as mementos for the family, or as proof of death.
Levitt, her daughter Streeter, and friend McCall, known collectively as the Springfield Three, disappeared from Levitt's home on 7 June 1992. Streeter and McCall had graduated from Kickapoo High School the day before, and had arrived at Levitt's home at around 2:00 a.m. after a graduation party. It is being investigated as an apparent triple ...
The earliest known alleged sighting of Elvis, post-death, was the day after he died, August 17, 1977, at the Memphis International Airport. A man resembling Elvis gave the name "Jon Burrows", which was the same name Elvis used when booking hotels. [2] At that time, one could board a flight without ID, using only their plane ticket.