[BITList] 36 weird ways to die
franka
franka at iinet.net.au
Mon Aug 29 01:39:09 BST 2011
36 Weird Ways To Die
*People have been dying in strange ways forever.* Here are some of
the weirdest deaths in the past three hundred years.
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore>
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1. Overeating At A Feast Given In Your Honor
Overeating At A Feast Given In Your Honor
Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1751)
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2. Being Hit By A Canonball That Was Fired As A Salute To You
Being Hit By A Canonball That Was Fired As A Salute To You
John Kendrick (1794)
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3. Drowning In A Flood Of Beer (Or Being Injured In A Beer
Flood) (Or Getting Alcohol Poisoning In A Beer Flood)
Drowning In A Flood Of Beer (Or Being Injured In A Beer Flood)
(Or Getting Alcohol Poisoning In A Beer Flood)
London Beer Flood (1814)
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4. Sticking A Piece Of Whale Bone Through Your Urinary
Tract To Clear A Blockage
Sticking A Piece Of Whale Bone Through Your Urinary Tract To
Clear A Blockage
Gouverneur Morris (1816)
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5. Swinging A Baseball Bat So Hard That It Ruptures Your
Bladder
Swinging A Baseball Bat So Hard That It Ruptures Your Bladder
Jim Creighton (1862)
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6. Accidentally Shooting Yourself In Court While
Demonstrating To A Jury How Your Client's Alleged Victim
Might Have Accidentally Shot Himself
Accidentally Shooting Yourself In Court While Demonstrating To A
Jury How Your Client's Alleged Victim Might Have
Accidentally Shot Himself
Clement Vallandigham (1871)
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7. Being Poisoned, Shot In The Head, Shot Three More
Times, Bludgeoned, Castrated, And Then Thrown Into A River
Only For The Cause Of Death To Be Drowning
Being Poisoned, Shot In The Head, Shot Three More Times,
Bludgeoned, Castrated, And Then Thrown Into A River Only For The
Cause Of Death To Be Drowning
Grigori Rasputin (1916)
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8. Being Crushed Or Drowned By Molasses
Being Crushed Or Drowned By Molasses
Boston Molasses Disaster (1919)
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9. Being Hit By A Pitch
Being Hit By A Pitch
Ray Chapman (1920)
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10. Being Bit By A Monkey
Being Bit By A Monkey
Alexander I Of Greece (1920)
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11. Having Your Costume Set Ablaze By An Errant Disposed Match
Having Your Costume Set Ablaze By An Errant Disposed Match
Martha Mansfield (1923)
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12. Having Your Racecar's Drive Chain Snap And Decapitate You
Having Your Racecar's Drive Chain Snap And Decapitate You
J. G. Parry-Thomas (1927)
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13. Having Your Long Scarf Get Caught In The Wheel Of The
Car You Are Riding In, Thus Breaking Your Neck
Having Your Long Scarf Get Caught In The Wheel Of The Car You
Are Riding In, Thus Breaking Your Neck
Isadora Duncan (1927)
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14. Committing Suicide In Prison Using A Bomb Made Out Of
Playing Cards That Had A Flammable Chemical In Their Red Ink
Committing Suicide In Prison Using A Bomb Made Out Of Playing
Cards That Had A Flammable Chemical In Their Red Ink
William Kogut (1930)
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15. Falling Down A Chimney Into The Furnace After
Mistaking The Chimney For A Balcony
Falling Down A Chimney Into The Furnace After Mistaking The
Chimney For A Balcony
Sirkka Sari (1939)
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16. Having A Stroke After Reading A Negative Premature
Obituary Of Yourself
Having A Stroke After Reading A Negative Premature Obituary Of
Yourself
Marcus Garvey (1940)
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17. Accidentally Torpedoing Your Own Ship
Accidentally Torpedoing Your Own Ship
HMS Trinidad (1942) and the USS Tang (1944)
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18. Being Crushed By Giant Stacks Of Newspapers, Books,
And Other Large Items That You Have Been Hoarding
Being Crushed By Giant Stacks Of Newspapers, Books, And Other
Large Items That You Have Been Hoarding
Langley Collyer (1947)
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19. Crashing Your Racecar When A Bird Flies Into Your Face
Crashing Your Racecar When A Bird Flies Into Your Face
Alan Stacey (1960)
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20. Having A Surfboard On Your Convertible Hit Another
Car, Spin Around, And Break Your Neck
Having A Surfboard On Your Convertible Hit Another Car, Spin
Around, And Break Your Neck
Worth Bingham (1966)
(Obviously The Above Is Not The Actual Car)
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21. Being Electrocuted Onstage By A Live Microphone
Being Electrocuted Onstage By A Live Microphone
Leslie Harvey (1972)
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22. Drinking Yourself To Death With Carrot Juice
Drinking Yourself To Death With Carrot Juice
Basil Brown (1974)
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23. Being Crushed To Death Between A Moving Wall And A
Stationary Wall In A Disneyland Ride
Being Crushed To Death Between A Moving Wall And A Stationary
Wall In A Disneyland Ride
Deborah Gail Stone (1974)
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24. Laughing Yourself To Death Watching The Goodies
Laughing Yourself To Death Watching The Goodies
Alex Mitchell (1975)
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25. Being Poisoned By A Modified Umbrella
Being Poisoned By A Modified Umbrella
Georgi Markov (1978)
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26. Being Struck By A Flying Model Lawnmower At A New York
Jets Halftime Show
Being Struck By A Flying Model Lawnmower At A New York Jets
Halftime Show
John Bowen (1979)
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27. Achieving A High Score In The Video Game Berserk
Achieving A High Score In The Video Game Berserk
Jeff Dailey (1981)
Peter Burkowski (1982)
(Both boys were young and healthy but died of heart attacks
after getting high scores. How there isn't a horror movie about
this is shocking.)
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28. Choking On An Eye Drop Bottle Cap
Choking On An Eye Drop Bottle Cap
Tennessee Williams (1983)
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29. Getting Hit In The Balls By A Tennis Ball
Getting Hit In The Balls By A Tennis Ball
Dick Wertheim (1983)
(After being hit in the balls, Wertheim collapsed and hit his
head on the pavement.)
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30. Being Crushed By Several 25-Pound Boxes Of Quarters
When Braking Suddenly, While Driving A Brinks Truck
Being Crushed By Several 25-Pound Boxes Of Quarters When Braking
Suddenly, While Driving A Brinks Truck
Hrand Arakelian (1986)
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31. Throwing Yourself Through A Window Trying To
Illustrate That The Glass Is Unbreakable (In Fairness The
Glass Didn't Break, But Popped Out Of The Window Frame)
Throwing Yourself Through A Window Trying To Illustrate That The
Glass Is Unbreakable (In Fairness The Glass Didn't Break,
But Popped Out Of The Window Frame)
Gary Hoy (1993)
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32. Handcuffing Yourself To A Tree In A Remote Forest And
Throwing The Key Out Of Reach
Handcuffing Yourself To A Tree In A Remote Forest And Throwing
The Key Out Of Reach
Richard Sumner (2002)
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33. Playing Starcraft For Too Long
Playing Starcraft For Too Long
Lee Seung Seop (2005)
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34. Winning A Bet That You Could Have Continuous Sex With
Two Women For 12 Hours Straight
Winning A Bet That You Could Have Continuous Sex With Two Women
For 12 Hours Straight
Sergey Tuganov (2009)
(The whole bottle of Viagra was probably a bad idea)
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35. Being Crushed In Your Car By A Rolling Bale Of Hay
Being Crushed In Your Car By A Rolling Bale Of Hay
Mike Edwards (2010)
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36. Riding Your Segway Off Of A Cliff
Riding Your Segway Off Of A Cliff
Jimi Heselden (2010)
(Owner Of The Segway Motorized Scooter Company)
found via en.wikipedia.org
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths>
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