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TIL of a set of 17 coffins found in Arthur's Seat near Edinburgh in 1836; each one was 9.5cm long and had a doll in them and no reason is known for their existence; and in 2014 an extra doll and coffin was sent to the Edinburgh museam to match the set.

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