Death is a serious subject. Most people shy away from it while some are enamoured by the thought. Here at QJ we try to get as much info about such things, so we've here an article about death even you might find amusing.

1. Burying the dead goes as far back as 350,000 years as ago. A 45-feet deep pit was found in Spain, filled with 27 possible ancestors of modern humans.

2. There are at least 200 figure of speeches regarding death. Examples (for the Trekkies out there!) On Permanent Holodeck Duty, Doing the Vulcan Ground Meld, Visiting Shatner's Hair (for the literati) At room temperature, dirt nap, pushing up daisies...and many more.

3. No American has "died of old age." since 1951...

4. ...because it was the year the US Gov't eliminated that classification on death certificates.

5. In all cases, whatever be the disease or injury, death is triggered by a lack of oxygen.

6. You don't look good after you die. Within three days of your death, your stomach enzymes begin to eat your own gut.(Self-cannibalism?) It will then release noxious gas to bloat your body and force your eyes to bulge forward.

7. Death produces toxins ad pollutants in the ground and air. Stats say that America alone deposits 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid into the soil and pumps out dioxins, hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air via cremation.

8. Ecological alternative to cremation. Promessa, a Swedish company, freeze dries your body, pulverize it via high frequency vibrations, and save your powdered remains. Unfortunately, your powder decomposes in 6-12 months.

9. Somebody you hate died? If he's a Zoroastrian, his body will be left outside to be fed to the vultures.

10. Regarding the eaters of the dead, Vultures are now dying because they've eaten way too much cattle - dosed with an anti-inflammatory used to relieve fever in livestock.

11. The rich die weird. Queen Victoria insisted she be buried with her long-dead husband's bathrobe and a plaster cast of his hand.

12. If this becomes a hit, we know we're in trouble. In Madagascar, families dig up bones of old relatives, parade them in a new shroud and reburied. The old one's given to the newly married couple, to cover their connubial bed.

13. An alternative source of fuel. During a railway expansion in Egypt, they found so many mummies, they used them as fuel for locomotives.

14. Never play with your food. English philosopher, Francis Bacon died with pneumonia after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if the cold would preserve it.

15. Suicide inside. Some cells need to commit suicide in order for organs to form properly.

16. False Death Bed. A doctor once conducted an experiment on a death bed and concluded that the human body lost 21 grams upon dying. For a long time people thought it was fact. Not true!

17. Is he or is he not? In 19th Century Europe, there were some people mistaken as dead (epileptics mostly) that dead cadavers were laid out in the open. If they started to smell, they're dead.

18. No wonder people are afraid of hospitals. 80% of Americans die in one.

19. Safe haven for the hopeless. More people commit suicide than are murdered in New York.

20. It has been estimated that 100 Billion people have died since humans began.