August 31, 2006


16

In 1907 a Massachusetts doctor conducted an experiment with a specially designed deathbed and reported that the human body lost 21 grams upon dying. This has been widely held as fact ever since. It’s not.

link (thanks, boingboing)

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One Response to “16”

  1. Mark Jones on August 31st, 2006 at 4:00 pm

    Wait, movies aren’t always true?