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There are numerous 18th- and 19th-century designs for 'safety coffins' with features designed to prevent their occupants from being buried alive. Do we have any evidence of how common these contraptions were, if any are still intact today, and if they actually saved any lives?

by /u/Rioghail in /r/AskHistorians

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