The term cadaver is used in courts of law to refer to a dead body, as well as by recovery teams searching for bodies in natural disasters. The word comes from the Latin word cadere (“to fall”).

The largest cell in the world is an ostrich’s egg. Before fertilization, the entire interior of the egg consists of a single cell, which is approximately 15 cm long and 13 cm wide and weighs up to 2.3 kgs (5 pounds).