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Customers at this macabre cafe can mull over their problems with a cappuccino – then climb into coffins to reflect on life.

The Death Awareness Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, is decorated with black wreaths and caskets and shiny corridors like a mortuary.

Despite the macabre appearance, owner Professor Veeranut Rojanaprapa says there’s a deeper meaning behind the eatery – improving society by encouraging people to reflect on their life.

Buddhist followers believe that if people are aware of death they will live less selfishly.

Veeranut said the cafe integrates death awareness from Buddhist philosophy with a cafe.

He hopes that by being faced with death in his coffins, people will be motivated to do good in the world.

Dozens of graves and coffins linked to a 310-year-old burial ground in Philadelphia have been uncovered during a recent construction project.

Dozens of graves and coffins linked to a 310-year-old burial ground in Philadelphia have been uncovered during a recent construction project, reports Philly.com. 
Crews working to build a new apartment building in the Old City neighborhood reportedly found some initial remains last fall, and last month, they encountered coffins which have been described as being “stacked three deep.” 
The number of gravesites has since been estimated to be as high as 300. 
According to KYW, “The coffins were part of the First Baptist Church Burial Ground established in 1707….Records show the bodies should have been moved to the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia around 1860, but historians agree that someone didn’t do their job.” 
In fact, experts have suggested that the task was likely not completed to save money. 
The company in charge of the development, PMC Properties, agreed to temporarily stop work on the construction project, but they have given archaeologists excavating the site until Saturday, March 11 to finish up their work. 
Researchers hope to follow through on the original plan and eventually reinter the remains at Mount Moriah Cemetery. 
However, before doing so, they plan to study at least some of the bodies and determine characteristics like age, gender, and ethnicity.