1. Humans have been burying their dead for at least 200,000 years. Among the earliest suspected grave sites are , and .
2. Exactly why we get old and die is still a puzzle. is that because most creatures are killed or die of disease before they can get old, evolution doesn't weed out the mutations which hurt us in old age.
3. (that symbol on the end is known as "eth" and is pronounced "th"). It is related to the German Tod, the Old Norse dauði, the Danish død, and the same concept in other Germanic languages.
4. and stem from the Latin mors, meaning death.
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5. Only about 93.5% of humans have died. (Of the estimated to have lived since the emergence of anatomically modern human beings, 7 billion are still alive.)
6. In Cotard's syndrome, .
7. The Zoroastrian Parsi community in India offers its dead to vultures rather than burying them. .
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8. The leading cause of death worldwide is .
9. The leading cause of death among young people in the developed world is.
10. The leading cause of death among young women in the developing world is .
11. Every year, about 8 out of every 1,000 people die, .
12. That's about 55.3 million people per year. Or: 151,600 people a day; 6,316 people an hour; 105 people a minute; nearly two people a second.
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13. In any given second, are born as die.
14. About half of Britons believe in life after death ().
15. On some bodies, , covering the skin. It is also known as "corpse wax" and can preserve the rest of the remains for years.
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16. . It's caused by chemical changes in the muscles that force them to contract.
17. Rigor mortis .
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18. Forensic scientists can tell roughly how long it has been since death .
19. About 50 billion cells .
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20. . Skin cells can survive for up to 24 hours.
21. "Brain death", the loss of all functions of the brain, including those of the brain stem, (stopping breathing).
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22. The intestines are full of digestive bacteria, which live on after death. .
23. After death, , and then the rest of the body, in a process called autolysis.
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24. . The skin dries and contracts around them, making it look as though they have grown.
25. Dead bodies swell up like balloons after about four days, due to the gases and liquids released by autolysis. .
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26. Of the 55 million deaths per year, about 9.5 million are Chinese.
27. Male corpses often get erections. .
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28. Livor mortis, a purplish or reddish discoloration caused by the blood settling within the body, .
29. After 10 to 12 hours, .
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30. There are animals that don't die, or at least don't die from old age, including a and .
31. "" seem to be caused by dopamine and oxygen deprivation.
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