Tag: unusual deaths
You are browsing all the posts tagged with unusual deaths.
List of unusual deaths
456 BC: Aeschylus, a Greek playwright, was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone. He survived the impact but then had a heart attack then died instantly. The tortoise survived. 430 BC: Empedocles, Pre-Socratic philosopher, secretly jumped into an active volcano (Mt. Aetna). According to [...]
