It's funny that digging up Beethoven recently is mentioned, even in a joke, because it happened. He was exhumed because scientists wanted to to run tests on his corpse for research purposes.

After testing some strands of his hair, it was discovered that Beethoven didn't actually die of consumption or infection, as had been popular theories: the tests showed he died of lead poisoning.

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