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Is It True That Your Hair and Nails Keep Growing After You Die? Ask Smithsonian
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Is It True That Your Hair and Nails Keep Growing After You Die? Ask Smithsonian
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Nails and hair need oxygen and sugar to grow. They grow from the base up when new cells develop and push old ones out. Learn why hair and nails appear to grow after death.
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Smithsonian Media (Firm)
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Human biology.
Anatomy.
Human anatomy.
Human body.
Human physiology.
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English
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