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How Dying Works

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The Effects of Rigor Mortis on the Body

Within about three days these organisms of micro Flora is going to go to work on you Starting in your intestines. You get rigor mortis a couple hours after death where the body um settles into a stiff state. If you're in a 64 degree, it's perfect.

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