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In 1355, when King Pedro of Portugal was crowned, he dug up his mistress to have her properly honored as queen. Loyal subjects bowed before the decorated corpse and had to kiss her hand. That was nice of him - most women can't even get their husbands to take them out to a simple dinner while they're alive ...

The first drive-in mortuary was opened in Atlanta in 1968 by Hirschel Thornton. While the deceased rested behind a glass wall, those wanting to pay last respects could drive by without having to get out of their cars. There's "caring' for you, huh? Wonder if they'll have burgers to go, next...

A taphophile is a person who is interested in the history and art of cemeteries, funerals and gravestones

The Viet Nam Memorial has the names of 38 people engraved on it who are listed as killed, but weren't.

Armadillos and humans are the only animals that get leprosy.

Chocolate is lethal to dogs. Doesn't take much.

By law, all executed criminals in the U.S. have to have an autopsy to determine cause of death. I guess "He was executed by lethal injection" isn't good enough...

President Abraham Lincoln was so distraught over his young son Willie dying, he had his coffin exhumed twice so he could look at him again.

A few months before he got killed in a car accident, James Dean made a driver's safety TV ad in which he said, "Drive safely; the life you save may be mine".

The French playwright Molière became sick and died while playing the role of a hypochondriac in his play "The Imaginary Invalid"

Pope Johann XII died at age 18 after being beaten to death by his lover's husband.