A Girl With a Sword

the toenails, on the other hand, never grow at all

So apparently not fingernails, nor toenails, nor beard grows after death. It just appears that way because the skin is shrinking. I decided to look this up because I had a confused late night conversation about this in which I was wondering if the fingernails grow after death, but the body decomposes, then how long is it before the still growing fingernails decompose and how long do they actually get. My friend said the more interesting idea was what is it about the process of fingernail growth that actually allows it to continue after death. Well now both (fascinating) questions are moot and pointless. Thanks, Snopes.com, thanks a lot for ruining my dreams.