Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
7
On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
447
In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
23
In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
257
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
927
When Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
23
Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
47