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TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?

2021Directed by Ivana Bošnjak Volda, Thomas Johnson

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Released: April 6, 2021
Runtime: 5m

About TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?

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Synopsis

It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. Why didn't this 2000-year-old body decompose?

Directors: Ivana Bošnjak Volda
Thomas Johnson
Writer: Carolyn Marshall

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Alexandra PanzerNarrator (voice)

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