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TIL of Stephen Milligan, a British politician who was found dead naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders, with an electrical flex tied around his neck, a black garbage bag over his head and an orange in his mouth. It's believed he died accidentally as a result of autoerotic asphyxiation.

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