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Death . For something so widely represented in art, film, music and popular culture in general, it's done a good job of remaining a mystery.

The questions are numerous. Do we walk towards a bright light? Does our life appear in flashback? Is there anything after - in which case, should we tweak a few things about ourselves now, before it's too late?

However, it's no mystery why we are so fascinated with 'figuring it out'. Whatever you believe and however you've lived your life, it's the one fact which unifies us humans.

Throwing his hat into the ring recently was one lad.

Having a moment of profound philosophising was Samuel Murray - and people cannot get enough of it.

Samuel's Sunday status read, "What if when we die the light at the end of the tunnel is the light to another hospital room.

"There we are born and the only reason you come out crying is because you remember everything from your past life and you're crying at the fact that you died and lost everything.

"As you grow you start to forget your past life and focus on the life you have now, but patches of memory stay behind and that memory causes deja vu.

"Think 'bout that for a second."

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Regardless of whether this was simply a case of extreme Sunday blues or a couple of beers, everyone else seems to think it's food for thought.

It's been shared over 120,000 times and thousands have commented on it.

However, there are some flaws.

Stevie Smith pointed out, "If this was true, the world's population would stay the same, as we would simply constantly reincarnate and replace ourselves - rather than creating new beings."

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Hard to ignore that one.

Ryan Kelly had questions of this nature too, saying, "If that's the case, hundreds of years ago there would of been less than a billion people on earth. If we're just starting over and over again where did the extra 6 billion people come from?"

Spoilsports.