Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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On average, women have always lived longer than men.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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There are around 200 frozen corpses on Mount Everest.
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