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In 2010 the mummified corpse of Sogen Kato, thought to be Tokyo's oldest man, was found in his bedroom by government officials. He had actually died in 1978.
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In 2010, Japanese welfare officials went to check on a 111-year old man, the family refused to let them see him. Returning with police, they found his mummified corpse still wearing pajamas. The man had died in 1980, but the family hid his death so they could continue to collect his pension.
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An Irish mummified corpse from 392 - 201 BC was so perfectly preserved in a peat bog that archaeologists could tell that he used "hair gel"; his hair contained a substance made from vegetable oil mixed with resin from pine trees found in Spain/France, proving that imports/trade was done.
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In 1976 during filming of an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man, the crew discovered the mummified corpse of Elmer McCurdy, an Oklahoma outlaw being used used as fun-house prop
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Elmer McCurdy was mummified and used as a stage prop for 26 years before people realized his corpse was a real body
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The creator of He-man villan Skeletor was inspired by a skeleton he saw as a child at a local carnival haunted house. 60 years later he discovered that the skeleton was a real corpse. It was the mummified body of outlaw Elmer McCurdy.
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The Ancient Egyptians believed that stomach acid was the fluid of the gods, so they would pour a small dose of stomach acid bottled from a mummified corpse on their babies skin to bring them closer to the gods.
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The Summum Pyramid is a pyramid in Salt Lake City, Utah built by a religious group willing to mummify corpses. The first to do so is "Corky Ra" (the founder) in 2008 and is on display along with his cat, Oscar.
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In 1950 a naturally mummified corpse of a man from 4th Century BC was mistaken for a recent murder victim in Denmark
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J.Bentham's wish was that his corpse be used to make an "auto-icon". It was stuffed with hay, dressed in his clothes and went on public display in a wooden cabinet in UCL were it remains today along with his mummified head. In 2013 his body "attended" a college council meeting
