#UnusualDeaths
On December 18, 1881, Sir William Payne-Gallwey died from internal injuries he sustained falling on a turnip. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/nXnmhYHiT4— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 10, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
On October 17, 1814, 13 year old William Synder died after being swung around by his heels by, according to the Daily Alta California, a "mentally defected" circus clown. pic.twitter.com/wtVckzjJRi— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 11, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
On June 28, 1884, Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, tripped on a sidewalk and bit his tongue. Gangrene set in and he died three days later. pic.twitter.com/R6tQkxtjJs— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 13, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
On October 25, 1920, King Alexander of Greece died of sepsis, the result of multiple monkey bites incurred after trying to break up a fight between a German Shepherd and a Barbary Macau. pic.twitter.com/iNrcwjcOH7— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 14, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
In 163 BC, Eleazar Ovarian died during the Battle of Zechariah, flattened by a dying elephant he had speared through the belly. pic.twitter.com/u6FP3vHbzK— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 15, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
Greek lawgiver Charondas issued a law making it an offense punishable by death to bring a weapon into the Assembly. In 612 BC, he evidently forgot about his own law and entered the Assembly with a knife in his belt – and thus was forced to commit suicide. pic.twitter.com/uaw75KkZof— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 16, 2023
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On September 11, 1159, Adrian IV, the first and only English-born Pope, died choking on a fly in his wine, ending his short-lived five year reign. pic.twitter.com/u826lJvZXI— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 17, 2023
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Mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel became so paranoid someone would try to poison him that he refused to eat anything that wasn't prepared by his wife. After she was hospitalized for several months following a stroke, Gödel starved to death in 1978. pic.twitter.com/WLQcjXKaNO— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 18, 2023
Milo of Croton was a legendary strongman of Greece who trained for the Olympics by carrying a calf on his back every day. According to legend, while attempting to uproot a tree stump, he got his fingers stuck. Thus trapped, he was devoured by wolves. pic.twitter.com/I9SoLoHS6y
— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 20, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of a united China, survived multiple assassination attempts only to die in August 210 BC, poisoned by the mercury elixir he regularly drank in the belief it would grant him immortality. pic.twitter.com/1Kpb8Bbpaw— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 21, 2023
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