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TIL about Cachy, an ironically named poodle who fell 13 floors and fatally hit an elderly woman, killing both instantly. Edith Sola went to help and was fatally hit by a bus. Meanwhile, a man who witnessed Edith's death, had a heart attack and also died.

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