What planning my digital afterlife at age 27 taught me about my millennial FOMO

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Screenshot of the goodbye message playing on my MyWishes profile
Screenshot of the goodbye message playing on my MyWishes profile

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Snack company behind 'One Chip Challenge' pulls its extra-hot tortilla chip from stores following the death of a 14-year-old

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The Paqui 'one chip challenge' tortilla chip in its red, black and blue coffin-shaped box, decorated with a skull.
The Paqui 'One Chip Challenge' tortilla chip.

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Russia is charging families of dead soldiers $1,500 to get their bodies back, human-rights group claims

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Russian marines during the International Army Games at the Khmelevka firing ground in the Kaliningrad region on August 17, 2022.

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27-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst died by drowning after Brooklyn concert, father says

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A 72-year-old woman in Phoenix got her power cut over a $51 bill when it was 107 degrees — and she died. Her memory is behind efforts to stop future deaths.

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In 2019, protestors stood outside of the Phoenix Art Museum, holding pictures of Stephanie Pullman.
Protestors gathered in 2019 after a power company in Phoenix shut off electricity to a 72-year-old woman, Stephanie Pullman, when the temperature reached 107 degrees. She died — and advocates say her memory is behind efforts even still today to keep people safe when it's super-hot.

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2 men were shot dead at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany, local police say

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Rescue teams are seen in front of the Factory 56 at the plant of German car maker Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen, southern Germany, after shots were fired at the plant on May 11, 2023.
Rescue teams are seen in front of Factory 56 at the Mercedes-Benz German plant in Sindelfingen after shots were fired at the plant on May 11, 2023.

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A senior software engineer dies after falling from the 14th floor of Google's NYC headquarters

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Google logo is displayed on the company's headquarters in Chelsea section of New York City.
Google's headquarters in Manhattan, New York.

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5 lessons I learned about debt after my dad's death that everyone should know

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Billionaire Peter Thiel says he's signed up to be frozen and preserved when he dies so people can revive him in the future — if the tech even works

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, gestures as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida.
Peter Thiel has signed up to be cryogenically frozen.

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13 of the most famous last words in history

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"The quiet Beatle" George Harrison passed on one last message of love in his final breaths.

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