Between the plastic surgeries and Neverland, some may conclude that Michael Jackson had lost his mind prior to his death. Well, now it's being taken to literal levels: He'll likely be buried without his brain. Apparently, scientists need to remove the pop star's brain to finish his autopsy. And because it takes about two weeks for a brain to "harden" before it can be examined, if he's laid to rest before then, his body will have to be buried without it. Letting a brain "harden" is standard autopsy protocol when the brain is suspected of playing an important part in the death, as it would with a drug overdose. According to Mind Hacks, a neuroscience and psychology blog:
[Hardening] involves removing the brain from the skull and leaving it to soak in a diluted mixture of formaldehyde and water called formalin. This soaking process usually takes four weeks and the ...
