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Immortal toenails. . .
So, as I was trimming my toenails today, I got to thinking about an old myth: do toenails, fingernails, and hair continue to grow after you've given up the ghost? Is the
key to immortality to become a toenail? Now, the simple fact that we don't see fingernails and toenails growing out of cemetaries like a sea of untamed
vines should be a clue that it can't possibly be true. How long do they keep growing? I did a bit of research just to provide you, my loyal reader(s?)
with the straight dope: toenails, fingernails, and hair do not continue growing after death. The post mortem "growth" is actually due to the dehydration
of the skin around the nails and hairs. The shrinkage causes more of the nails and hair to be exposed.
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