Book Review: They Lost Their Heads: What Happened to Washington's Teen, Einstein's Brain, and Other Famous Body Parts / Carlyn Becca

Expect to be amused, grossed out, and astonished by this book that puts death and body parts squarely in the midst of history. 

Did you know that the phrase in Jack and the Beanstalk, "I'll grind his bones to make my bread" refers to the common practice in the 1800s of mixing ground up bones into bread to bulk it up? Yumm!?

Did you know that the reason George Washington looks so puffy in the one dollar bill is because he stuffed his face with cotton while his portrait was being painted due to his caved-in face that was the result of losing so many teeth?

If you want to be guaranteed of having a place to "go" after you die, you might want to be an emperor in the Han Dynasty - their tombs were filled with items they would need in the afterlife including a toilet. 

Check out this book, but be warned - this isn't supper-time reading!