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This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
The 33-year-old barmaid at the White Lion Inn was mauled to death by a tiger in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. She was the first person to be killed by a tiger in British history. [17] [18] [19] Frederick, Prince of Wales: 31 March 1751
The contemporary chronicler Froissart relates that the king of Navarre, known as "Charles the Bad", suffering from illness in old age, was ordered by his physician to be tightly sewn into a linen sheet soaked in distilled spirits. The highly flammable sheet accidentally caught fire, and he later died of his injuries. [9] [27] [28] Martin of Aragon
Many parents are on the hunt for rare and unusual baby names these days. If you grew up as "Jennifer S." or "Chris W. — no, not that Chris W., the other one," you might be especially inclined to ...
The 28-year-old mother was participating in a contest sponsored by Sacramento-based radio station KDND, called "Hold Your Wee For A Wii", in which contestants had to drink excessive amounts of water without going to the bathroom. She vomited during the contest and returned home with a headache, later dying of water intoxication. [38] [39] [40]
Image credits: djentrify Another very rare allergy is sun allergy, aka polymorphous light eruption (PMLE). Similar to aquagenic urticaria, PMLE means that people’s skin develops hives, but this ...
200 rare vintage baby names for boys and girls: Names that are classic, cool and unusual. ... TODAY.com scoured the lists of baby names over the past 140 years to find these vintage names that ...
The poet, known for works in celebration of wine, choked to death on a grape stone according to Pliny the Elder. [13] [14] [16]: 104 The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica suggests that "the story has an air of mythical adaptation to the poet's habits". [17] Heraclitus of Ephesus: c. 475 BC