30 Bone Chilling Facts About Death

Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it.

Haruki Murakimi

One thing that’s certain is that some day, we’re all going to die. Death is the start of a great adventure—despite that you might not be around for it. While that may sound very macabre, that fundamental truth has fascinated and terrified people for as long as the existence of humans.

Here are 30 astonishing bone chilling facts about death that you need to know.

Leading Causes of Death

According to WHO, the leading causes of death worldwide are Covid 19, chronic obstructive lung disease, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and . Other leading causes of death are HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases, lower respiratory infections and diabetes mellitus.

Metempsychosis Belief

The belief in metempsychosis is the belief that at death, the soul passes into another body.

The Enzymes

Just three days after dying, the enzymes that help break down a person’s food begin to eat that person’s body. Once the heart stops beating, the body experiences “the death chill.” As the blood cools, it becomes more acidic as carbon dioxide builds. This process causes cells to split open, which empties tissue-eating enzymes into the body.

The Genius Brain

After he died, Albert Einstein’s brain was preserved. It is on display at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia.

Lack of Physical Exercise

Lack of physical exercise is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths worldwide.

The Philanthropist Body

After he died, Awolowo body was preserved for some years which was displayed at his museum in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria before he was later buried.

The Death Professionals

A “Forensic Pathologist” is a doctor who determines the cause of death through autopsies. They are not the same as a “Mortician”, who prepares the body for the funeral.

Visible Sign of Death

One of the first visible signs of death is when the eyes cloud over, as fluid and oxygen stop flowing to the corneas. That can happen within 10 minutes after death if the eyes were open (and 24 hours if the eyes were closed). Soon after death, a person’s eyeballs flatten due to the loss of blood pressure.

Daily Death Rate

An average of 150,000 people die every single day.

Human Cells

Every minute, 300 million cells die in the human body.

Cotard Syndrome

It a condition where people believe they are dead. These people might also think they lost their soul, or their organs mysteriously disappeared.

People Know They Are Dying

When people find out they are dying, they experience what’s known as an “existential slap,” according to palliative care experts. It’s the moment when a person knows, on a gut level, that death is close.

Endocannibalism

In some cultures, they practice cannibalistic rituals. They believe eating their deceased loved ones is an honor.

Hair and Nails Myth

It’s a myth that hair and nails grow after death. What really happens is that the body dries out, so the nail beds and skin on the head retract, making nails, stubble, and hair appear longer.

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Sensory Organ

As a person dies, his or her hearing is the last sense to go.

Stampede Deaths

During human stampede deaths, such as those that occurred at Mecca, more people die of compressive asphyxia than by trampling. People can also suffer cardiac arrest if they faint standing up and there is nowhere to fall.

Distinctive Smell of Death

Two of the gases responsible for the distinctive smell of death are called putrescine and cadaverine. They’re produced when bacteria break down the amino acids ornithine and lysine, respectively.

Forensic Scientists

One of the ways Forensic Scientists can tell how long a body has been dead is by examining the types of bugs that are in the body. For example, some bugs only arrive after a certain amount of time and then will all be gone after another interval.

Function of Larynx During Death Process

During the death process, the larynx loses it cough reflex, which creates a buildup of mucous. This causes a “death” rattle, or the gurgling or rattle-like sound of someone dying.

Necrophagous

Scientists call insects that feed off decaying flesh necrophagous, meaning “dead” and “to eat.” Flies are usually the first insects to arrive at a dead body, mainly to ay their eggs on moist locations, such as the mouth, nose, eyes, anus, wounds, or the female reproductive tract.

Mount Everest

There are more than 300 corpses of failed climbers frozen on Mount Everest.

The Modern Day Embalming Process

The modern-day process of “embalming” is draining the blood from a corpse, and replacing it with formaldehyde. This creates a bloated look to the body. It is possible that an embalmed body will not look very much like the living person did.

Archaic Slang for Death

“Hop the twig,” “yield the crow a pudding,” “snuff one’s glim,” and “climb the six-foot ladder,” were all once slang terms for death.

Germs Theory

Dead bodies generally aren’t dangerous just because they’re dead. But in the 19th century, there was widespread belief in “miasmatic theory,” which said that air coming from rotting corpses and other sources of decay lead to the spread of disease. This belief was more or less replaced by germ theory.

Death is Legal in Norway

Contrary to popular reports, it’s not illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway. It is true that it’s so cold there bodies barely decompose. But since the town has no nursing homes and only a small hospital, residents are required to move to the mainland once they become elderly.

Beauty is not Easy to Maintain

When a woman with breast implants is cremated, the implants will melt into goo. It drips to the bottom of the furnace, and needs to be cleaned up once cooled.

Six Feet Idea

The idea that graves need to be 6 feet deep comes from a 1665 plague outbreak in England, when the mayor of London decreed the burial depth to limit the spread of disease.

Dance Party or Skydiving

You’re more likely to be killed at a dance party than while skydiving. This is simply because you can easily be poisoned. Be more vigilant!

Don’t Drink While Driving and Don’t Drive While Drinking

Every hour, at least one person dies in a drunk driving incident.

Lol as Oppose Lol

In at least one version of telegraph code, LOL meant “loss of life.”

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

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