Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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"Fish odor syndrome" is a rare genetic disorder that causes people to smell like rotten fish.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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