During the cremation process of a 500-pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.
100 Mind-Blowing Corpse Facts
In some parts of Texas, it is illegal to cuss in front of a dead person. You can’t swear in front of a corpse in Texas. In Reno, possession and distribution of sex toys is also illegal.
Praying mantis mating is deadly… literally. Then, the female mantis will proceed to devour the male’s corpse for nourishment.
THE NAME ‘NARWHAL’ COMES FROM OLD NORSE. It means “corpse whale” as their skin colour resembles that of a drowned sailor. The scientific name means “one tooth, one horn”.
Handy brandy. Rather than bury Nelson’s corpse at sea after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar, it was preserved in a cask of brandy stored in the hold of HMS Victory for a London burial.