Claims: alex jones about dead ringer

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08 Feb 2021
The term 'dead ringer' originates from the practice of tying a string to a buried person's finger to prevent being buried alive if they were not actually dead.

You know, that's where the term dead ringer comes from. What? Going back to ancient England and France. Maybe 5% of people on average. Some of the numbers show even higher. First of all, what numbers show even higher? Second of all, that is not where the term Ted Ringer comes from. Would look like they were dead, sounded like they were dead, and the primitive daughters at the time couldn't find a heartbeat, so they'd sit there and have a string down, tied to the finger of the person six feet under, so in case they woke up, they wouldn't be buried alive.