stackyFACTSJust in case mortuary work lacked sufficient nightmare fuel, cremation causes severe muscle contractions. As the extreme heat rapidly evaporates moisture, muscles shrink and snap, sometimes causing the deceased to abruptly sit up like they just remembered they left the stove on.
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