11 most ridiculous deaths in human history
You've probably all heard about how Isadora Duncan died. Yeah, her death was really ridiculous. But imagine that you can literally die of laughter or die from an overdose of carrot juice.
1. Carrot juice is a very tasty and healthy drink ... if consumed in moderation. 48-year-old Basil Brown from England in 1974 in 10 days drank about 50 liters of carrot juice - 10,000 times more than the recommended amount of vitamin A. As a result, this led to liver failure and, as a result, to death. Probably, Brown decided that there should be a lot of good things.
2. Have you ever been so funny that you literally burst or died laughing? Alex Mitchell died of laughter in 1975 at the age of 50. Mitchell had heart problems and died of a heart attack while watching his favorite TV series The Goodies.
3. In 2009, 28-year-old Sergey Tuganov decided to demonstrate his "masculine prowess" in a very unusual way by swallowing a whole package of Viagra. A man made a bet with two girls for $4,300 that he could withstand a 12-hour sexual marathon with both. Apparently, Tuganov was so hungry for male glory that he could not afford to lose — he really won the bet, but immediately after the end of this 12-hour orgy, he died of a heart attack.
4. This year, drunk Devon Staples from Maine, celebrating the Independence Day of the USA with friends, decided to launch fireworks directly from his head. Staples died the same day. The brother of the deceased says that "it was a stupid incident. Devon wasn't the type of person to do anything stupid. He was one of those people who pretends to do something stupid to make people laugh." Unfortunately, his last joke turned out to be unfunny…
5. Texas resident Tommy Woodward ignored not only the danger signs, but also the warnings of his friends. Woodward was warned that he should not swim in a pond where there was a huge alligator. However, he did not just jump into the water, but also began to shout obscenities at the alligator. The animal, apparently, did not find such an outburst funny — Woodward's torn body was found a few hours later.
6. And here is another example of death in the name of "masculinity". In 1995, farmer Christoph Azninsky was drinking with his friends. Then the men stripped naked and began to play various games to show who was the bravest of them. It all started with throwing frozen turnips, but then someone discovered a chainsaw. One of her friends grabbed her and, shouting that he would show who the real man was, cut off his foot. Then Christoph Azninsky decided to outdo the brave man and, taking a saw from a friend, cut off his head. "It was fun," one of his friends said afterwards. —When he was younger, he liked to wear his sister's underwear."
7. Isadora Duncan was a world-famous dancer, led a bohemian life and was distinguished by free views. On September 14, 1927, Duncan, while in France, decided to take a ride with her friend in a convertible. The dancer was wearing her favorite silk scarf, which eventually caused her tragic death. The scarf wrapped around Duncan's neck hung out of the car and hit the rear wheel axle. The woman was thrown out of the car onto the side of the road, and she died instantly from suffocation and a broken neck.
8. Julien Ofre de Lametri was a famous physician and philosopher of the 16th century. Lametri successfully treated the French ambassador to Prussia, and he wanted to thank the doctor by arranging a huge celebration in his honor. He soon died of a digestive disorder due to overeating at this dinner. Lametri was distinguished by his ability to eat a lot and wanted to show that it does not harm health at all.
9. At the beginning of the 20th century, the French tailor Franz Reichelt invented a parachute that could be worn as clothing. In 1912, after many attempts to get permission from the French government to conduct testing, he was finally able to try his new invention. Reichelt jumped from the Eiffel Tower, dressed in a parachute suit, and crashed to his death.
10. A resident of California, 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was not only a fan of illegal cockfights, but also their active organizer. In 2011, during a match, a rooster injured a man in the leg with a knife, which is usually tied to the bird's paw. Ochoa was taken to the hospital only two hours after the incident, but it was already too late — the organizer of the cockfights died shortly after arrival.
11. In 1993, in Toronto, lawyer Harry Hoy wanted to prove to a group of students that the glass in his office on the 24th floor does not break. He accelerated and hit the glass — it really didn't break, but just fell out of the window frame, and Hoi flew down to his death.