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Bug image via Shutterstock It doesn’t happen to every single bug, but if you stumble upon an expired roach in the bathroom or a downed fly by the window, you’ll find that they’re frequently flat on their backs, legs in the air. It’s such a familiar death

When Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970, she left behind a will that included an offbeat stipulation: $2500 to fund a hard-partying wake in her memory.

The remains of famous historical figures have been misplaced more than you might think—the grave sites of these notable people went missing for decades or even centuries before being rediscovered.

In the early 20 century, a popular piece of art for the fashionable French home was "L'Inconnue de la Seine," a completely creepy death-mask of a young woman whose body had been pulled from the Seine River in Paris.

Brunswick Records, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

On February 3, 1959, a plane crashed shortly after taking off from Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all four people aboard: pilot Roger Peterson and musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. The date became known as The Day the

DEATH

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The Creepiest Thing Ever: L'Inconnue de la Seine

February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died