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TIL Yves Saint-Laurent’s ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh, Morocco upon his death in 2008. Saint-Laurent bought the property in 1980 and restored it after he heard of plans to bulldoze the gardens and surrounding property and turn it into a hotel.

by whatilearned October 22, 2021, 8:59 pm

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TIL that the BBC rehearses Queen Elizabeth’s death at least once a year

by whatilearned October 22, 2021, 12:31 am

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I hope death is a woman

by cringeyjokesman October 21, 2021, 1:16 am

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You’re on death row and have to choose your last meal. What shall it be?

by QuestionGuy October 20, 2021, 11:16 am

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If you had to guess, what will your cause of death be?

by QuestionGuy October 20, 2021, 10:33 am

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TIL Dr Livingstone (‘I presume’) was caught and mauled by a lion but felt only a painless dreaminess, later concluding “This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death.”

by whatilearned October 20, 2021, 12:20 am

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The reports of Perl’s death have been greatly exaggerated

by ProgrammerDude October 19, 2021, 2:17 pm

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TIL that Soviet artillery launched an attack in 1942 to silence German guns specifically so that Shostakovich’s 7th Symphony could premiere in Leningrad, even though the city was under siege and the musicians were starving to death, with three dying during rehearsals

by whatilearned October 18, 2021, 4:22 pm

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TIL that when the British monarchy was restored in 1660 under Charles II, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up, hanged in chains and beheaded as a posthumous execution for the crime of signing Charles I’s death warrant. His head was then owned by various people till its burial in 1960.

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 6:15 pm

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TIL Brittany Murphy’s last movie was released five years after her death

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 5:42 am

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Who’s death wouldn’t bother you at all?

by QuestionGuy October 16, 2021, 9:32 pm

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Which fictional character’s death made you cry?

by QuestionGuy October 16, 2021, 4:59 pm

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