“In 1933, a doctor named Carl Tanzler raided the tomb of a female patient with whom he’d become obsessed and stole her body. He lived with the corpse for seven years. As the body fell apart, he attached the corpse’s bones together with wire and coat hangers, and fitted the face with glass eyes. He was only caught when someone saw him dancing with the corpse in front of an open window.”
#2 No. We're seeing it the way it used to look, sure, but... no, the universe absolutely could not have "disappeared."
Also lots of poop left up there.
Ah, but CNN has Anderson Cooper, who bestows legitimacy on their bullsh/t.
Here's a picture of the size of their hearth though ;
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2010/a-whale-of-an-exhibition