Random Death Facts

    26 facts tagged with Death Facts

    We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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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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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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