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:: The Death of Francis Bacon ::
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
The supposed cause of Bacon's death is notoriously comic. In March, 1626, he came to London, and shortly after, when driving on a snowy day, he was inspired by the possibility of using snow to preserve meat. Bacon purchased a chicken (fowl) to investigate this possibility, but, during the endeavour of stuffing it with snow, contracted a fatal case of pneumonia. Francis Bacon - Wikipedia
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it's said that voltaire died from a case of bird flu contracted during the construction of the world's first turducken.
Posted by: dr. glasses on March 7, 2006 09:44 PM
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