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                             HOW NOT TO DIE
                   The stupidest deaths in known history

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 - Attila the Hun

 One of the most notorious villains in history, Attila's army had
 conquered all of Asia by 450 AD----from Mongolia to the edge of the
 Russian Empire----by destroying villages and pillaging the countryside.

 How he died: He got a nosebleed on his wedding night

 In 453 AD, Attila married a young girl named Ildico.  Despite his
 reputation for ferocity on the battlefield, he tended to eat and drink
 lightly during large banquets.  On his wedding night, however, he
 really cut loose, gorging himself on food and drink.  Sometime during
 the night he suffered a nosebleed, but was too drunk to notice.  He
 drowned in his own blood and was found dead the next morning.

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 - Tycho Brahe

 An important Danish astronomer of the 16th century.  His ground
 breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory
 of gravity.

 How he died: Didn't get to the bathroom in time

 In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquet
 table before the meal was over.  Brahe, known to drink excessively, had
 a bladder condition----but failed to relieve himself before the banquet
 started.  He made matters worse by drinking too much at dinner, and was
 too polite to ask to be excused.  His bladder finally burst, killing
 him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.

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 -  Horace Wells

 Pioneered the use of anaesthesia in the 1840s

 How he died: Used anaesthetics to commit suicide

 While experimenting with various gases during his anaesthesia research,
 Wells became addicted to chloroform.  In 1848 he was arrested for
 spraying two women with sulfuric acid.  In a letter he wrote from jail,
 he blamed chloroform for his problems, claiming that he'd gotten high
 before the attack.  Four days later he was found dead in his cell.
 He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh
 with a razor.

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 - Francis Bacon

 One of the most influential minds of the late 16th century.  A
 statesman, a philosopher, a writer, and a scientist, he was even
 rumored to have written some of Shakespeare's plays.

 How he died: Stuffing snow into a chicken

 One afternoon in 1625, Bacon was watching a snowstorm and was struck by
 the wondrous notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat in
 the same way that salt was used.  Determined to find
 out, he purchased a chicken from a nearby village, killed it, and then,
 standing outside in the snow, attempted to stuff the chicken full of
 snow to freeze it.  The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.

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 - Jerome Irving Rodale

 Founding father of the organic food movement, creator of "Organic
 Farming and Gardening" magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major
 publishing corporation.

 How he died: On the "Dick Cavett Show", while discussing the benefits
 of organic foods.

   Rodale, who bragged "I'm going to live to be 100 unless I'm run down
 by a sugar-crazed taxi driver," was only 72 when he appeared on the
 "Dick Cavett Show" in January 1971.  Partway through the interview, he
 dropped dead in his chair.  Cause of death: a heart attack.  The show
 was never aired.

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 - Aeschylus

 A Greek playwright back in 500 BC.  Many historians consider him the
 father of Greek tragedies.

 How he died: An eagle dropped a tortoise on his head

 According to legend, eagles picked up tortoises and attempted to crack
 them open by dropping them on rocks.  An eagle mistook Aeschylus' head
 for a rock (he was bald) and dropped it on him instead.


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