being buried alive, n.Trivia

The average person can survive for 5.5 hours buried in a standard coffin before running out of oxygen.

Alexander the Great was likely buried alive as a victim of Guillain-Barré Syndrome which paralyses the body even though you remain aware

George Washington was adamant about being put into the morgue 3 days after his death to make sure he wasn’t “accidentally” alive.

Being buried alive accidentally occurred so often that people invented “safety coffins".