TIL that when composer Joseph Haydn died his head was stolen for study by people practicing phrenology-the pseudoscientific study of how the shape of ones skull reflects their intellect. His skull was eventual returned and interred with the rest of his body in 1954, 145 years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haydn%27s_skull
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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haydn%27s_skull
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