
Taphophilia is a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries.

By law, all executed criminals in the U.S. have to have an autopsy
to determine cause of death.

When first discovered, Mummies were so plentiful that they were ground up
and sold as fertilizer & put into medicines.

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California is the largest cemetery in the U.S.

Mistakes on a doctor’s note, mainly due to messy handwriting,
kill over 7,000 people in the U.S. each year.

A person’s muscles may continue to spasm periodically
even several hours after death.

A human head remains conscious
for around 20 seconds after being decapitated.

About 100 billion people have died in all of human history.

Sharks kill approximately 12 people per year
while people kill more than 11,000 sharks...
per hour!

Vending machines kill about 13 people a year.
More than sharks!