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    Jack_Burton: Socrates: "I drank what?" more »
    wtfox?!: Was anyone else disappointed that we did not get to see pictures of actual grinning corpses? Way to let me down, LiveScience! more »
    battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Well, it makes sense right? If they have a paralysis effect, less flopping around when you try to ritually kill someone. more »
    AuntieBee: Is this botox-like, or is anyone else thinking it's kind of Joker-like? more »
    squirrelcop: @eve804: Yes! I just spent 10 minutes image searching to determine if the 'weeds' growing all along our back fence were the Smiley Death Flower or wh... more »
    tscheese: I had planned on leaving a happy corpse because of a long life full of air conditioning, fucking, and booze, but y'know, whatever floats your boat to ... more »
    ellaesther: Star Trek NextGen, anyone? The episode where Troy's mother falls in love with that David Ogden Stiers character? And he goes back to his planet to com... more »
    NellMood: I never knew this is where the word sardonic came from. That's so fascinating/eerie. more »
    andBegorrah: It will be available over the counter at Nordstroms in 6...5...4...3... more »
    Abra: I'm so put off by this, and yet disappointed that I couldn't find a photo of a real "grinning corpse." Way to let me down/know what's best for me, Goo... more »
    AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: oh, as long as it was ritualistic then... more »
    LucilleMcGillicuddy: I suddenly want to watch "Logan's Run." more »
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    A Happy Death

    Scientists have discovered the cause of the macabre "grinning corpses" found preserved in Sardinia: the hemlock water-dropwort plant, possessed of a Botox-like effect, which ancient Phoenician colonists "administered to elderly [What? -Ed] and criminals before ritualistically killing them." [LiveScience]