1 Minute Weird: You Can Turn Into Soap

Through a process called saponification, after death, you can turn into a crusty, oily creature.

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If your goal in life is to become cheese, just wait until you die and make sure you die where no one will find you for a while. Your body undergoes chemical changes and, with the clostridium welchii bacteria which happen to be located in your guts normally, your fatty tissue will undergo saponification and change states to a substance called adipocere.

Body fat can, in the right conditions, undergo hydrolysis and hydrogenation. Your fattier parts are the first to go, you might assume — buttocks, cheeks and breasts. I wouldn’t recommend trying to wash yourself off with a chunk of grandma.

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