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TIL About the Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland, Colorado. It celebrates the cryopreservation of "Grandpa" Bredo Morstoel, by organising coffin races or lookalike contests. You can also visit the Tuff Shed where Grandpa is being held frozen.

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