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25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by youaremad(op): 6:22pm On Oct 21, 2015
Compiled by @360jamng

Cc lalasticlala


Whether it was drinking too much carrot juice or
having a cow fall on you while you are sleeping, these
are 25 ridiculous, strange, and crazy deaths that will
boggle your mind.







25. In 2007 Surinder Singh Bajwa, the
mayor of Delhi in India, fell to his death
from a balcony after trying to fight off a
bunch of attacking monkeys
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24. In the year 1567 Austrian Hans
Steininger tripped on his beard and died
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23. In 1958 the British TV actor Gareth Jones
was playing a character who was
supposed to have a heart attack. At that
moment, however, he actually had a
heart attack and everyone thought he
was just acting.
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22. Chrysippus of Soli, the Greek
philosopher, supposedly died of laughter
after watching a donkey eat figs
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21. James Henselden, the owner of the
Segway production company, died when
he drove a Segway off of a cliff in England

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20. Robert Williams became the first human
to ever be killed by a robot in 1979 when
he was hit by a robotic arm at a Ford
factory
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19. In 1923 Frank Hayes became the first
dead person to win a horse race when he
suffered a heart attack before crossing
the finish line
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18. Franz Reichelt, an Austrian tailor, was so
convinced that he had found a way for
humans to fly that he jumped off of the
Eiffel Tower to prove it in 1912. He fell
straight down and died.
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17. Monica Meyer, the mayor of Betterton,
Maryland drowned in human waste
while she was checking the town's
sewage tanks.
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16. A Brazilian man, Joao Maria de Souza,
was killed in 2013 when a cow came
crashing through his roof
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15. Basil Brown, a self proclaimed health
fanatic, killed himself by drinking a
gallon of carrot juice every day
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14. In 1992 Greg Austin Gingrich was
pretending to fall over the side of the
Grand Canyon when he actually did fall
over the side, and died.
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13. In 1814 eight people died in London
when a giant vat of beer exploded and
drowned them all
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12. Michael F. Farley, an American
congressman, died while shaving
because his razor was infected with
anthrax
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11. During the dance fever of 1518 in
Strasbourg, nearly 100 people danced
for about 1 month straight. Several of
them ended up dying.
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10. John Sedgwick, a general during the Civil
War was killed by a sniper shortly after
mentioning that "they [the enemy]
couldn't hit an elephant at this distance"
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9. Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer, wanted to
show that his office window was
unbreakable so he threw himself against.
Unfortunately he was wrong, and even
more unfortunately his office was on the
24th floor.

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8. In the Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919,
twenty one people died when a huge
tank of molasses exploded sending a
large wave of sweetener through the city
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7. Sigurd the Mighty, a Viking conqueror,
was killed by a man he had just recently
beheaded. How? Because he had tied the
man's head to his horse saddle, his teeth
cut Sigurd's leg after which Sigurd
contracted a lethal infection
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6. Horace Lawson Hunley was a Civil War
submarine engineer who designed a
number of submarines, all of which
eventually sank. He eventually met the
same fate while he was captaining his
latest model, named after himself.
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5
Around the turn of the 20th century American doctor
Jesse William Lazear tried to prove that mosquitoes
transmitted yellow fever by letting himself be bitten.
Unfortunately, he was right.
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4
Clement Vallandigham, an American lawyer, shot
himself dead in the middle of a courtroom while trying
to show how a victim may have accidentally committed
suicide. He posthumously won his case.
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3
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a Swedish chemist, was known
for his habit of tasting the chemicals he created. He
eventually died thanks to ingesting too much poison. https://cdn4.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/311-610x360.jpg





2
The Russian doctor Alexander Bogdanov tried to extend
his life by giving himself blood transfusions. His body
had an adverse reaction, however, and the transfusions
ironically ended up killing him. https://cdn4.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/240-610x360.jpg





1
Queen Sunanda Kumariratana of Siam drowned in 1880
with all of her subjects watching her. Why didn't they
help? Because they weren't allowed to touch her. https://cdn4.list25.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/160-610x360.jpglalasticlala[/quote][b]SOURCE:
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Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by dominique(mod):
Number 4 death though. He couldn't use blanks or rubber bullets to buttress his case? undecided

I'm sure they've re-written the laws in that Siamese town after their queen died like that. Nobody must touch her kwa? Is her skin made of gold ni?
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Tay16(f): 10:58am On Nov 04, 2015
Omg number 1 shocked
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Everest25(m): 11:31am On Nov 04, 2015
No 1 is Fucking funny.
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by faray: 11:45am On Nov 04, 2015
lolz
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Kingy10: 2:24pm On Nov 04, 2015
Number 9 tho, no Nigerian could be that foolish lol
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by good4all: 3:22pm On Nov 04, 2015
The Queen Sunanda death is the most hilarious and worst of all
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by k4kenny(f): 5:15pm On Nov 04, 2015
I remember seeing the number 9 story on an episode of 1000 ways to die. Also that of the Siamese queen.
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by damton(m):
c'est la vie
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by sotall(m): 10:21pm On Nov 04, 2015
OK
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by iamVirus(m): 10:22pm On Nov 04, 2015
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by GentleYoung(m): 10:22pm On Nov 04, 2015
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Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by bastien: 10:22pm On Nov 04, 2015
Goodnight
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by bigv(m):
Funny deaths really...but either ways it's not like we're getting out of this world alive anyway cos you will still die...end up at the Judgement seat of God.

Koko is living righteously while you still have breath.
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Sijo01(f): 10:24pm On Nov 04, 2015
So no. 23 and 19 died in acting service
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by lordcrux: 10:24pm On Nov 04, 2015
.......
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by 69MissedCalls(m):
26. in Nigeria, Abacha died because he chop apple undecided
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Lifebender(m): 10:26pm On Nov 04, 2015
Give it to those two lawyers grin grin grin
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by VickyRotex(f): 10:27pm On Nov 04, 2015
Awwwwww. Number 4 and 7 embarassed
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by lilmax(m): 10:28pm On Nov 04, 2015
I find 1 annoying
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Ptoocool(m):
So it's true when they say happiness dey kill person..
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Idrismusty97(m):
Stop calling numbers and making me scroll back up to know which one you are talking about...lol At least give an hint. 24,19,14 and 17 tho, And No. 1 is the worst of all! tongue

BTW i read everything and still make it to frontpage without having to book space...The topic was already on Frontpage when i got here, seems Nairaland is gradually improving. Despite over a hundred viewers no one is rushing to comment?
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by tmanis(m): 10:30pm On Nov 04, 2015
1000 ways to die...
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by killercute16(m): 10:31pm On Nov 04, 2015
Smh
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by omusiliyu(m): 10:31pm On Nov 04, 2015
Most of them died ignorantly
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by nigerianescorts: 10:31pm On Nov 04, 2015
weird
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Badboiz(m): 10:31pm On Nov 04, 2015
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Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by kulobyno: 10:32pm On Nov 04, 2015
Ok
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by EazyMoh(m): 10:34pm On Nov 04, 2015
That flying tailor tho!
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Revelation4(m): 10:37pm On Nov 04, 2015
number one is so pathetic
Re: 25 Strange And Crazy Deaths That Will Boggle Your Mind by Scarpon(m): 10:37pm On Nov 04, 2015
Those death are funny tho
But what about abacha that guy ate the forbidding fruit
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