8 Weird Facts About Death

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4. Corpse Wax

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  • Sometimes bodies don’t decay the way most do. They develop this weird waxy substance on the skin that halts decomposition.
  • When a body is in the ground it’s exposed to loads of air borne bacteria so the whole decomposition deal goes ahead like normal. This happens when water molecules split the fat cells in your body and recombine to encase the chewy middle.
  • It also makes the body look very Voldemort-y. Most cases of this occur when the body isn’t around much oxygen. The hard casing is sort of like an m&m, but instead of delicious chocolate inside, it’s a corpse-flavoured-filling.

3. Ashes to Diamonds…and Dildos

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  • Nowadays, there are so many post-mortem options; you can even get your remains turned into a diamond.
  • They use the carbon from a lock of your hair, or your cremated remains, or both. With ashes they heat them and then compress it for weeks until a crystal forms. It’s the same process used to create laboratory diamonds.
  • There’s even a company that will take your cremated remains and put into a dildo. You could leave it to your ex-wife with a note telling her to go fuck herself. Or leave it for a loved one to put on display. Diamond or dildo; no matter what, you’ll always be a girl’s best friend. Or a guy’s. Either way, you’re covered.

2. Degloving

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  • This is another super gross after death process: the term degloving is used to describe it.
  • While decomposing, the gasses in your body build up after death and the pressure is relieved by your nails and skin separating from the fleshy-tissue it was attached to. So your hands kind of look like they’re wearing baggy skin-gloves. Blurgh.
  • The same thing happens to your feet. But, the skin that remains on your hands is enough that it can still provide a fingerprint. So just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you’re getting away with that bank heist

1.DMT

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  • When you die your brain lets loose a psychedelic powerhouse of chemicals.
  • The pineal gland produces this crazy chemical called dimethyltryptamine. It’s called DMT, for short, it’s what produces dreams every night. So it’s like your brain’s version of Sandman’s dust. This discovery is also shedding like on near-death experiences as scientists are beginning to explore if DMT is responsible for people seeing a white light and experiencing feelings of profound euphoria and peace.
  • There’s also artificial DMT which is an illegal psychedelic where people get tripped the fuck out and have pseudo-spiritual experiences. In most cases of death there is a weird stretch of a few minutes where the brain is still active where DMT is rushing through your system. Scientists are unsure what those minutes entail for the person but the huge dose of DMT that’s released implies that it’s trippy as balls.

 

 

 

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