Senator Joe Lieberman is terrified of being buried prematurely. His will stipulates that he must be laid out in a room for at least two weeks, or "long enough for decay to be visually observed in my body." Unfortunately this conflicts with his devout Jewish faith which requires a body to be buried immediately. He has consulted over 50 rabbis to try and find one who will give him a sympathetic religious opinion. He has not found anyone yet who will agree with his fears. He is toying with the idea that burial is okay as long as his body is fitted with a heart monitor that would alert someone if his cataleptic heart were to beat more quickly.

In the past 100 years there have been over 1200 different species of animals that have directly caused human deaths. This includes over 200 species of mammals, over 500 species of reptiles and 123 different species of fish.

The FBI estimates that over 1000 people in the United States fake their deaths each year for various reasons.

Harley-Davidson has begun to offer a new service to its particularly devoted riders. For $20,000 the company will arrange to have a rider's complete skeleton plated in chrome after death, and imprint the Harley-Davidson logo on their skull. So far, 58 people have signed up for the service, but none of them have died yet. Jay Leno is reported to be one of the 58.