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TIL Evelyn McHale is referred to as the “Most Beautiful Suicide”. On April 30, 1947 she jumped from the observation deck of the Empire State building and fell 86 floors onto the United Nations Assembly Cadillac. The picture was taken by a photography student 4 minutes after the crash.

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