Strange Deaths
- “The mutilated corpse of Frans Jaunotte was found in the hen house of his farm near Brussels. Police found no chicken feed at the farm. Jaunotte’s 200 chickens had presumable attached him and pecked out his eyes and heart” from the book Strange Deaths, More Than 375 Freakish Fatalities by Ian Simmons”
- “Pierre Perdot, 48, died of a bullet wound, 21 years after being shot in Nice, France. His former wife, Marie, who shot him in 1974, was charged with murder.” from the book Strange Deaths, More Than 375 Freakish Fatalities by Ian Simmons
- 207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher, is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunk donkey attempt to eat figs.
- “Sigurd the Mighty of Orkney strapped the head of a defeated foe to his leg, the tooth of which grazed against him as he rode his horse, causing the infection which killed him.”
- “Henry I of England is said to have died after gorging on lampreys, his favorite food.”
- London Beer Flood, 9 people were killed when 323,000 imperial gallons (1 468 000 L) of beer in the Meux and Company Brewery burst out of their vats and gushed into the streets.”
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