Death trivia A body decomposes four times as fast in water than on land. A dentist invented the Electric Chair. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is decapitated. A murder is committed in the US every 23 minutes, which makes about 22852 murders each year. About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats. Burials in America deposit 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid—formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol—into the soil each year. Cremation pumps dioxins, hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Orange County, California. Number one is heart disease. Cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads, at which point they die of starvation. Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 180,000 deaths per year.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:48:36 +0000
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