Unusual Deaths
Apr 28th 2009, 3:44 pm
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Unusual Deaths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
162 BC: Eleazar Maccabeus was crushed to death at the Battle of Beth-zechariah by a War elephant that he believed to be carrying Seleucid King Antiochus V; charging in to battle, Eleazar rushed underneath the elephant and thrust a spear into its belly, whereupon it fell dead on top of him.
1410: Martin I of Aragon died from a lethal combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing.
1514: György Dózsa, Székely man-at-arms and peasants' revolt leader in Hungary, was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot sceptre in his hand (mocking at his ambition to be king), by Hungarian landed nobility in Transylvania. While Dózsa was still alive, he was set upon and his partially roasted body was eaten by six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.
2007: Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Sacramento, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Wii console in a KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating.[120][121]
2008: Gerald Mellin, a U.K. businessman, committed suicide by tying one end of a rope around his neck and the other to a tree. He then hopped into his Aston Martin DB7 and drove down a main road in Swansea until the rope decapitated him. He supposedly did this as an act of revenge against his ex-wife for leaving him.[125]
2009: Sergey Tuganov, a 28-year old Russian died after betting two women that he could have non-stop sex with them both for twelve hours. He dropped dead minutes after winning the $4,300 bet. Medics said he died of heart attack, most likely because of the quantity of stimulating pills (Viagra) he had ingested.
And my personal favourite....
207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunk donkey attempt to eat figs.[5]
162 BC: Eleazar Maccabeus was crushed to death at the Battle of Beth-zechariah by a War elephant that he believed to be carrying Seleucid King Antiochus V; charging in to battle, Eleazar rushed underneath the elephant and thrust a spear into its belly, whereupon it fell dead on top of him.
1410: Martin I of Aragon died from a lethal combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing.
1514: György Dózsa, Székely man-at-arms and peasants' revolt leader in Hungary, was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot sceptre in his hand (mocking at his ambition to be king), by Hungarian landed nobility in Transylvania. While Dózsa was still alive, he was set upon and his partially roasted body was eaten by six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.
2007: Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Sacramento, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Wii console in a KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating.[120][121]
2008: Gerald Mellin, a U.K. businessman, committed suicide by tying one end of a rope around his neck and the other to a tree. He then hopped into his Aston Martin DB7 and drove down a main road in Swansea until the rope decapitated him. He supposedly did this as an act of revenge against his ex-wife for leaving him.[125]
2009: Sergey Tuganov, a 28-year old Russian died after betting two women that he could have non-stop sex with them both for twelve hours. He dropped dead minutes after winning the $4,300 bet. Medics said he died of heart attack, most likely because of the quantity of stimulating pills (Viagra) he had ingested.
And my personal favourite....
207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunk donkey attempt to eat figs.[5]
Apr 28th 2009, 3:58 pm
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Re: Unusual Deaths
1814: London Beer Flood, 9 people were killed when 323,000 imperial gallons of beer in the Meux and Company Brewery burst out of their vats and gushed into the streets.
What a way to go.....
What a way to go.....
Apr 28th 2009, 4:05 pm
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Re: Unusual Deaths
A friend of mines Dad was a zoologist, they used to live in India and he had a pet Elephant!
During the shipment of an Elephant from one place to another, not sure where but it was on a plane, the Elephant panicked and crushed my friends Dad to death.
During the shipment of an Elephant from one place to another, not sure where but it was on a plane, the Elephant panicked and crushed my friends Dad to death.
Apr 28th 2009, 7:41 pm
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Re: Unusual Deaths
The Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. A large molasses tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150.
Apr 29th 2009, 5:59 pm
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Re: Unusual Deaths
Death of common-sense:
At times a flood of bullshit sweeps all before it on this forum!
At times a flood of bullshit sweeps all before it on this forum!
