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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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1. Turns out...

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 06:22 AM

Jan 2015

2. In 2001 a "Captain Beaney" insured himself against abduction, impregnation and consumption by aliens for £1m.

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4. In 1999 Mary Muphy insured herself against an immaculate conception in the year 2000. Insured amount £1m.

5. In 2002 the Royal Falcon Hotel in Lowestoft insured its staff and customers against death and disability occasioned by poltergeist or other abnormal phenomena. The sum insured was £1m.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/specialrisks/4973025/Third-party-fire-and-alien-abduction-Ten-more-weird-insurance-policies.html

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