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TIL that a billionaire announced he would bury a $500,000 Bentley for the afterlife “just as pharaohs did with possessions”. After criticism, he revealed that it was a stunt. People bury more valuable things – “what’s absurd is burying your organs, which can save you many lives.” Be an organ donor.

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