A human head remains conscious for around 20 seconds after being decapitated. It's probably thinking "this is weird"
A body decomposes four times faster in water than on land.
Within three days of death, the enzymes from your digestive system begin to digest your body.
About 153,000 people worldwide die everyday
When a person dies, their sense of hearing is the last to go.
You can't die of 'old age', only from diseases brought on by age.
Men who are hanged get a death erection, known as rigor erectus.
In some cases, bodies develop a corpse wax that can preserve the remains for years.
Forensic scientists can tell how long it has been since death by looking at the species of insect on the body.
The skin around the finger and toenails dries and contracts after death, making it look as though they have grown.
Dead bodies swell up like balloons after about four days, due to the release of gases and liquids.
The Zoroastrian Parsi community in India offers its dead to vultures rather than burying/burning them
The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.
Forensic scientists can tell when, and sometimes how, someone has died by looking at the types of insects that have begun to gather in and around a dead body.
—From the moment a person dies, insects become attracted to the decaying body. Forensic entomologists are able to determine time and cause of death based on the stages of larvae, insect behavior, and more.
There is a slight chance you could die from spontaneously combusting. Stories about people bursting into flames while minding their own business date back hundreds of years, though there are only a handful of reported cases, and the possibility of it has never been 100% confirmed.
Your eye color will most likely change soon after that, before your eyeballs have completely decomposed. According to a 2008 study, the eyeballs of blue-eyed corpses turned to brown or black within 48 to 72 hours of death when at room temperature. Pathologists and crime scene investigators have learned to take note of this, so as not to make incorrect notes while performing autopsies or misidentify victims.
