Unbelievable facts
It is common for all of us to make mistakes, but mistakes cost these people their lives.
In most cases, death occurs fairly trivially: old age, illness, or accident.
However, some people die quite ridiculously, either out of carelessness and recklessness, or because of failure.
List of silly deaths
1. Carrot juice
Carrot juice is healthy and nutritious in moderation. In 1974, British Basil Brown drank 37 liters of juice in 10 days.
Thus, he received a dose of vitamin A that was 10,000 times the recommended dose, which led to liver damage and premature death.
2. He died laughing
Have you ever laughed so hard that you felt like you were going to explode or die?
Alex Mitchell died laughing in 1975. Mitchell, who was 50 at the time, suffered a cardiac arrest while laughing at his favorite British comedy show The Goodies.
Read also: 7 incredible stories of survival of people who have been on the verge of death
3. Viagra overdose
In 2009, Sergey Tuganov, 28, from Russia, decided to show off his male potential by taking a large dose of Viagra to win a bet.
Tuganov's two friends argued that he wouldn't be able to hold out having sex for 12 hours. $4,300 was at stake. Using Viagra, the man lasted half a day, but died of a heart attack, just a few minutes after winning the bet.
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4. fireworks
On US Independence Day, Maine resident Devon Staples was so patriotic that he set off fireworks right from the top of his head. Needless to say, the man drank in honor of the holiday. The outcome was dire, and Staples died that night.
According to his brother, Devona could not be called a person who did such stupid things. He was more likely to pretend to do ridiculous things to make people laugh. Unfortunately, the joke failed this time.
5. I made fun of the alligator
Texas resident Tommie Woodward, 28, ignored a “No swimming: alligators” sign in a swampy canal inhabited by a large alligator.
He not only jumped into the water, but also tried to make fun of the alligator. The alligator did not find the man's grimaces funny, and a few hours later Woodward's body was found.
6. Male dispute
In 1995, Polish farmer Christoph Azinski and his friends had a drink, decided to undress and compete in masculinity. At first, participants hit each other on the head with frozen turnips, but this was not enough. One of Azinsky's friends used a chainsaw to cut off part of his foot. Azinsky decided not to give in and took a chainsaw and cut off his head.
“It's funny because when he was young he used to wear his sister's underwear,” said one of his friends. “But he died like a man.”
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7. Isadora Duncan scarf
Isadora Duncan was a famous dancer with a bohemian style and liberal idealism. One day, on September 14, 1927, while in France, Duncan was riding with a friend in an open-top car.
The woman wore a scarf wrapped around her neck that was stuck in the rear axle of the wheel. She got kicked away by a car, broke her neck and died.
8. Death from overeating
Julien Ofre de Lametry was a famous 16th-century French physician and philosopher. Lametri treated the French ambassador to Prussia, and the ambassador wanted to express his gratitude by hosting a lavish feast in his honor.
Lametri, who ate a considerable amount of food, developed a stomach disorder and died. It's hard to say if he decided to show off his insatiability or his stamina when he ate so much.
9. Killed by his invention
In the early 1900s, Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt was considered the founder of parachuting. In 1912, Reichelt received permission to test his new “parachute cloak” by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. Needless to say, he didn't survive the jump.
10. Cockfights
Jose Luis Ochoa, a California resident, 35, was a fan and active participant in illegal cockfighting.
In 2001, during such a fight, his rooster stuck a knife attached to his limb into the man's leg. Two hours after the incident, Ochoa decided to go to the hospital after all, but it was too late. He died from his wound right after he arrived.
11. Unbreakable glass
In 1993, Toronto attorney Garry Hoy tried to show guests that his office's glass windows didn't break.
He rushed to the window on the 24th floor to show it. The window did not break, but it jumped out of the frame, sending Hoy to meet him to die.