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Death
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Rice can cause cancer
True - see here
People who feel that they have been discriminated against on the basis of their weight are about 31% more likely to die early.
A single gram of venom from the toxic frog species Aparasphenodon brunoi could kill 80 humans.
Plants can get cancer.
Romans would make sure that gladiators weren't faking their deaths by bashing them with mallets after the competition.
Fewer people smoke today than ever, but those who do have a higher risk of suicide.
Weasels have been known to kill prey up to 10 times their size.
When non-religious people think about their own death, they unconsciously grow more receptive to religious belief, according to research.
Cigarettes are the leading cause of fire deaths in the world.
According to a legend in Iceland, if you don't get new clothes on Christmas you will be eaten by a giant cat.
True - see here
There are over 200 corpses on Mount Everest and they some are used as way points for climbers.
To this day, no one knows how many people died because of Hurricane Katrina.
Coca-Cola says only two people alive know the Coca-Cola 'recipe', and they aren't allowed to travel on the same plane in case it crashes.
On the real Titanic, the band actually did stay on the ship, playing music as it went down -- They all died.
True - see here
The average healthy human lifespan is equivalent to one year on Uranus.
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
Every second 8 million of your blood cells die
True - see here
A North Korean official who was also Kim Jong Un's uncle was executed for clapping half-heartedly when Kim was elected.
Not full truth
The tallest girl in the world ever recorded was 8 feet 2 inches tall and died at the young age of 17
There is a disease where you eventually stop sleeping, and then die. There is no cure.
True - see here
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