| Before We Begin |
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When I die, will my cat eat my eyeballs? |
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1 | (4) |
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What would happen to an astronaut body in space? |
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5 | (7) |
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Can I keep my parents' skulls after they die? |
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12 | (7) |
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Will my body sit up or speak on its own after I die? |
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19 | (6) |
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We buried my dog in the backyard, what would happen if we dug him up now? |
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25 | (5) |
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Can I preserve my dead body in amber like a prehistoric insect? |
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30 | (7) |
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Why do we turn colors when we die? |
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37 | (6) |
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How does a whole adult fit in a tiny box after cremation? |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (5) |
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Do conjoined twins always die at the same time? |
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53 | (6) |
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If I died making a stupid face, would it be stuck like that forever? |
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59 | (5) |
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Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral? |
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64 | (7) |
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Why don't animals dig up all the graves? |
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71 | (6) |
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What would happen if you swallowed a bag of popcorn before you died and were cremated? |
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77 | (6) |
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If someone is trying to sell a house, do they have to tell the buyer someone died there? |
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83 | (6) |
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What if they make a mistake and bury me when I'm just in a coma? |
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89 | (8) |
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What would happen if you died on a plane? |
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97 | (5) |
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Do bodies in the cemetery make the water we drink taste bad? |
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102 | (7) |
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I went to the show where dead bodies with no skin play soccer. Can we do that with my body? |
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109 | (6) |
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If someone is eating something when they die, does their body digest that food? |
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115 | (5) |
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Can everybody fit in a casket? What if they're really tall? |
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120 | (7) |
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Can someone donate blood after they die? |
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127 | (6) |
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We eat dead chickens, why not dead people? |
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133 | (5) |
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What happens when a cemetery is full of bodies and you can't add any more? |
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138 | (7) |
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Is it true people see a white light as they're dying? |
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145 | (4) |
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Why don't bugs eat people's bones? |
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149 | (5) |
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What happens when you want to bury someone but the ground is too frozen? |
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154 | (7) |
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Can you describe the smell of a dead body? |
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161 | (6) |
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What happens to soldiers who die far away in battle, or whose bodies are never found? |
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167 | (7) |
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Can I be buried in the same grave as my hamster? |
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174 | (6) |
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Will my hair keep growing in my coffin after I'm buried? |
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180 | (5) |
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Can I use human bones from a cremation as jewelry? |
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185 | (5) |
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Did mummies stink when they were wrapped? |
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190 | (7) |
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At my grandma's wake, she was wrapped in plastic under her blouse. Why would they do that? |
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197 | (6) |
| Acknowledgments |
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203 | (2) |
| Sources |
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