#UnusualDeaths
In 42 B.C., Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus, died after swallowing hot coals. Presumably, this was intentional. pic.twitter.com/lYEyIKUoKR— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 22, 2023
#UnusualDeaths – Bathroom Break edition
– April 8, 217 A.D., Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, aka Caracalla, was killed by his own soldiers while taking a bathroom break.
– November 30, 1016 – King Edmund Ironside of England stabbed to death by a toilet assassin.
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#UnusualDeaths – Bathroom Break edition
– November 4, 1035, Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia was speared from beneath his toilet seat.
– February 27, 1076, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine was murdered while on the toilet.
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#UnusualDeaths
Henry II of France died on July 10, 1559, ten days after sustaining an injury while watching a jousting match. Specifically, a sliver of a shattered lance pierced his eye and brain. Interest in the sport waned soon after. pic.twitter.com/vBddkh1nA6— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 24, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
On February 17, 1673, French playwright and actor Molière delivered his final performance in Le Malade Imaginaire, his character dying onstage in a chair. Molière was so ill at the time that he he had to be transported back home in the same chair – where he died. pic.twitter.com/jpYZmroyKQ— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 25, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
Lighthouse keeper Henry Hall died on December 8, 1755 after a blob of molten lead from a roof fire fell down his throat. The 7 oz piece of lead now resides at the National Museum of Scotland. pic.twitter.com/kk2HXMLEXG— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 26, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
Inspired by a visit to the circus, John Cummings decided to try his hand at sword-swallowing, passing all 21 of his first attempts. His next 20 were not so successful and, following his death in March of 1809, 40 metal fragments were recovered from his stomach. pic.twitter.com/mO3YQdMWir— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 27, 2023
#UnusualDeaths
On June 6, 1867, casual smoker Mathilda of Austria, daughter of Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, died after accidentally setting her gauze dress on fire while trying to hide a cigarette from her father. pic.twitter.com/9x3AaTEW2k— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) March 28, 2023
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