PECULIAR AND CRAZY DEATHS

A BRAZILIAN MAN, JOAO MARIA DE SOUZA,

WAS KILLED IN 2013 WHEN A COW CAME

CRASHING THROUGH HIS ROOF

BASIL BROWN, A SELF-PROCLAIMED HEALTH FANATIC,

KILLED HIMSELF BY DRINKING A GALLON OF

CARROT JUICE EVERY DAY

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.

IN 1814 EIGHT PEOPLE DIED IN LONDON WHEN A GIANT

VAT OF BEER EXPLODED AND DROWNED THEM ALL

MICHAEL F. FARLEY, AN AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN,

DIED WHILE SHAVING BECAUSE HIS RAZOR WAS

INFECTED WITH ANTHRAX

DURING THE DANCE FEVER OF 1518 IN STRASBOURG,

NEARLY 100 PEOPLE DANCED FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH

STRAIGHT. SEVERAL OF THEM ENDED UP DYING.

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"

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.