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== Real Life ==
* Donna Rosenthal's book The Israelis mentions an Israeli that fled Israel because of the terrorism (specifically Al-Aqsa Intifada). He was at his job on the 103rd floor on September 11 2001.▼
* The Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, was obsessed with obtaining immortality through alchemical elixirs. In Chinese Alchemy, mercury was considered a potent ingredient, so one of his solutions was to always have a daily dose of mercury everyday. In the end he died of mercury poisoning when he tried a new formula of mercury pill. The irony of it was in his quest for immortality, he instead found a way to dies faster.
** Even worse, his greatest friend and most trusted adviser told him that he shouldn't be taking the potion and that the apothecaries were killing him with it. A special in [[The History Channel]] showed him dying from the potion right after his adviser told him to stop. Though this may not be ironic and be more [[Too Dumb to Live]].
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* Singer Felix Powell, best known for the song ''"Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile)"'', later committed suicide.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Maggiore Christine Maggiore], who was HIV-Positive, denied the fact AIDS was the result of such virus and got pregnant. Maggiore didn't take any anti-HIV medication during the pregnancy, [[Blatant Lies|claiming it wouldn't be passed down]]. Sadly, this led to the death of her daughter, Eliza Jane Scovill, who wasn't tested for AIDS. Years later, Maggiore would also later died of AIDS-related pneumonia.
▲* Donna Rosenthal's book ''[[The Israelis]]'' mentions an Israeli
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