Although zombies do not use their lungs and can travel underwater, they lack the coordination to swim. In some cases, humans using boats as artificial islands on lakes or ponds have existed for weeks while the shores swarmed with living dead.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar proclaims, "I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld; I will smash the doorposts and leave the doors flat down, and will let the dead go up to eat the living!"

Smell is key. In an early episode, there is a scene where Rick and company cover themselves in zombie guts, and the zombies don't pay any attention to them until it starts raining and washes away their olfactory disguise.

To free a zombie, feed it salt or take it to to the ocean. The zombie will become self-aware and return to the grave.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, is a mashup combining Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction.

"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish rock band The Cranberries, written about the 1993 IRA bombing in Warrington, and in memory of two young victims, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry.

World War Z received positive reviews for Brad Pitt's performance and as a realistic revival of the zombie genre, but was panned by some critics for the anti-climax and outdated CGI.

Santa Clarita Diet features Drew Barrymore as an everyday suburban real estate agent who transforms into a zombie and starts craving human flesh.

The Silver Surfer arrives on Earth and informs the zombies that his master Galactus is en route to devour the planet. The zombies attack the Silver Surfer, who is overpowered and devoured by several of the former heroes: Colonel America, Iron Man, Giant-Man, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, the Hulk, and Wolverine.

The word first entered the English language in 1819, when the poet Robert Southey wrote History of Brazil.