Is it possible to die of fright? Turns out, yes, sort of. How this works is interesting in its own right, but the "why" invites a fascinating inquiry. We explain the biological science behind how this might work and the psychology of why it would work that way. Hopefully we don't scare you too much!

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• Department Store Day
• National Missouri Day
• Hagfish Day
• Dictionary Day
• Global Cat day
• Global Dignity Day
• Global Ethics Day
• Love Your Body Day
• National Boss Day
• National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day
• Dictionary Day
• National Feral Cat Day
• National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day
• Thank Your Cleaner Day
• Unity Day
• World Anesthesia Day
• World Food Day
• World Spine Day
• Earth Science Week
• Mediation Week
• Meditation Week
• Pet Peeve Week
• Tim Robbins bday and Angela Lansbury’s bday

Links and References: 

1. https://www.dulyhealthandcare.com/health-topic/can-you-really-be-scared-to-death#:~:text=Broken%20heart%20syndrome%20may%20actually,cardiomyopathy%20or%20broken%20heart%20syndrome
2. https://www.britannica.com/story/can-you-really-be-scared-to-death
3. https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/10/31/can-you-really-be-scared-to-death
4. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/its-true-we-can-be-scared-to-death
5. https://www.npr.org/2012/10/26/163712863/scared-to-death-literally
6. https://today.tamu.edu/2016/10/28/can-you-literally-be-scared-to-death/
7. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scared-to-death-heart-attack/
8. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/09/scared-to-death/541350/
9. https://www.calgarywildlife.org/post/scared-to-death#:~:text=Scared%20to%20death%2C%20at%20times,damage%20that%20is%20often%20fatal.
10. https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/life/2017/12/29/ask-shelter-rabbits-can-scared-death-literally/990559001/
11. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/210829

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