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Did you know, there are about 300 bodies frozen in liquid nitrogen in the US in the hope that science will one day be able to bring them back to life? Death is a subject many people do not like to discuss, but it’s a part of life that we will all have to face.
Here are 10 astonishing facts about death that everyone should know:
1) The enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you within three days of death.
2) The practice of burying the dead may date back 350,000 years.
3) About 153,000 people will die on your birthday.
4) Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually.
5) When a person dies, his sense of hearing is the last to go.
6) Every hour, at least 1 person is killed by a drunk driver in the US.
7) Every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide.
8) Every 90 seconds, one woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth.
9) Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who ever lived.
10) More people commit suicide in New York City than are murdered.
