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2024-02-16 11:51:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 010359C31AFDAE700BAD161C2A044963E06DBCF16A3189471765A65C759F2B40
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This image is presented out-of-context. It is not an image of mummified human skeleton Sogen Kato. The image is of a mummified human skeleton that a Michigan woman tried to sell on eBay: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15239949 Sogen Kato story: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/30/national/long-dead-shut-ins-corpse-found-kin-probed-for-fraud/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10809128 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/japan.oldest.man/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogen_Kato?wprov=sfti1
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