17 Weird Things You Didn't Know About Death

13. Some People Turn Into Soap When They Die

Fact. Adipocere is the transformation of your body fat into a wax like substance and this occurs in environments where there is little or no oxygen with levels of high moisture. This process occurs within a month after death and corpses of women, infants or overweight people are more prone to it because they have more body fat. The body is covered in wax and you look like a big bar of soap.
 
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