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  2. 21 grams experiment - Wikipedia

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    MacDougall hypothesized that souls have physical weight, and attempted to measure the mass lost by a human when the soul departed the body. MacDougall attempted to measure the mass change of six patients at the moment of death. One of the six subjects lost three-quarters of an ounce (21.3 grams).

  3. Necrosis - Wikipedia

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    The necrotic liquid mass is frequently creamy yellow due to the presence of dead leukocytes and is commonly known as pus. [7] Hypoxic infarcts in the brain presents as this type of necrosis, because the brain contains little connective tissue but high amounts of digestive enzymes and lipids, and cells therefore can be readily digested by their ...

  4. Dead of Night - Wikipedia

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    Dead of Night is a 1945 British supernatural horror anthology film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns , Googie Withers , Sally Ann Howes , and Michael Redgrave .

  5. Corpse decomposition - Wikipedia

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    A decomposing human body in the earth will eventually release approximately 32 g (1.1 oz) of nitrogen, 10 g (0.35 oz) of phosphorus, 4 g (0.14 oz) of potassium, and 1 g (0.035 oz) of magnesium for every kilogram of dry body mass, making changes in the chemistry of the soil around it that may persist for years.

  6. Dead of Night (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Another programme made by the Dead of Night production team under Innes Lloyd, The Stone Tape, running to 90 minutes and intended to be the eighth episode, also survives in the BBC Archives, but this was broadcast as a stand-alone story and not shown under the Dead of Night banner. BBC Four re-broadcast "The Exorcism" on 22 December 2007.

  7. Dead of Night (1977 film) - Wikipedia

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    Dead of Night is a 1977 American made-for-television anthology horror film starring Ed Begley Jr., Anjanette Comer, Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz and Joan Hackett. Directed by Dan Curtis , the film consists of three stories written by Richard Matheson [ 1 ] (although the first segment, "Second Chance", was adapted from a story by Jack Finney ...

  8. Pallor mortis - Wikipedia

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    Pallor mortis occurs almost immediately, generally within 15–25 minutes, after death. Paleness develops so rapidly after death that it has little to no use in determining the time of death, aside from saying that it either happened less than 30 minutes ago or more, which could help if the body were found very soon after death.

  9. Chemical process of decomposition - Wikipedia

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    The human body is composed of approximately: 64% water, 20% protein, 10% fat, 1% carbohydrate, 5% minerals. [1] The decomposition of soft tissue is characterized by the breakdown of these macromolecules, and thus a large proportion of the decomposition products should reflect the amount of protein and fat content initially present in the body. [4]