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**Title:** Unconventional Post-Mortem Options: Limitations and Surprises
**Summary:**
* The host, Michael (Vsauce), explores unconventional options for handling one's body after death, including taxidermy, mummification, embalming, and freeze-drying.
* Each method has limitations: taxidermy struggles to preserve human features, mummification and freeze-drying are impractical for humans, and embalming is temporary and costly.
* Plastination (used in exhibits like Body Worlds) is a viable, long-lasting option, but donors have limited control over the process.
* Legally, corpses are not considered property, severely limiting post-mortem choices; however, if a body is specially prepared (e.g., taxidermied) for medical science, it may become ownable property, allowing loved ones to "keep" the deceased in a literal sense.
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**Space and Cremation**
1. 300 humans have been buried in outer space.
2. With the right connections and budget, a portion of your ashes can be launched into space.
3. The first space burial occurred in 1997, with 24 people's ashes deposited into Earth's orbit.
4. In 1999, human remains were first buried on the Moon (Eugene Shoemaker's cremated remains).
5. Clyde Tombaugh's ashes were launched aboard the New Horizons probe in 2006, destined to leave our solar system.
**Taxidermy and Body Preservation**
6. Taxidermy preserves only the skin, not internal organs.
7. Human skin comprises 12-15% of total body weight and is the largest organ.
8. Taxidermy typically uses a generic mannequin, which can result in a less accurate representation.
**Mummification**
9. Jeremy Bentham was mummified in the 19th century, but the process was not perfect.
10. Galileo's mummified middle finger is on display in Florence.
**Embalming**
11. Not all corpses are embalmed before burial.
12. Embalming slows down decomposition, allowing for above-ground display.
13. Abraham Lincoln's well-embalmed body retained its appearance despite multiple coffin movings and openings.
14. The bodies of Mao and Lenin are on display, requiring regular special treatments.
**Freeze-Drying and Plastination**
15. Freeze-drying involves freezing and then vaporizing water from the body, resulting in a lighter form.
16. Plastination is a method used for Body Worlds exhibits, involving a polymer solution to preserve specimens.
17. Plastinated human bodies can last a long time, even at room temperature.
18. Donating your body to the Institute for Plastination is free, but you'll have limited control over the process.
**Legal Aspects**
19. Corpses are not legally considered property.
20. A 1994 court case (David Eugene Russell) sided with a mortuary, refusing an unconventional funeral request.
21. In 1998, a UK court ruled that specially prepared anatomical specimens can be considered property.