2 posts from the outside source in 2007 (credit to original writers!). Maybe there are colleagues who are able to post the original, original is 40's cause of death, but here I chose 23 of them the most bizarre.
1. Died of intending to reach the moon in water
Chinese poet Li Po (VII-VIII centuries AD) is a renowned poet who likes to get drunk. One time he was drunk when boat ride across the river Yangtze. He saw the shadow of the moon on the water. Because drunk, he tried to reach out to hug her shadow, but failed. As a result he fell into the water and drowned.
2. Death by Beard
The Austrian Hans Steininger was famous for the longest beard in the world. Length is about 140 cm. On one day in the year 1567, a fire that requires everyone to run. He forgot to tie a long beard. In her haste, he stepped on himself and fell off his beard. Her neck was broken and he was killed instantly.
3. Deaths due to hold urination
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was an astronomer. In 1601, he was attending a dinner of a very long time, in Prague (now Czech). Customary in those days believed that the blur in the middle of dinner, including for waste water, is very rude. As a result he was forced to hold pee during the banquet. Bladder extends to the threshold, and there was an infection (cystitis) is fatal. He died 11 days later.
4. Died of a stick conductor
Jean Baptiste Lully is a conductor who led the orchestra in celebration of Louis XIV's recovery from his illness in 1687. Because too excited, he just dropped the baton of conductors on her toes. Occurs abscess (infection with pus) and followed by gangrene (decay). Lully refused amputation, and he finally died of an infection that spreads throughout the body.
5. Died of tongue bitten
Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was a famous detective agency Pinkerton detective agency with her. One day he was walking on the sidewalk. He slipped. Not accidentally bitten his tongue, and there was an infection which later killed him.
6. Death by kicking crates
Similar to Lully, but this occurred in the early 20th century at the Jack Daniel's, a famous businessman from Tennessee whiskey, the United States. On one morning he wanted to open a crate, but he forgot the combination. He rages and kicked the crate. One finger was injured, inflamed (infection), and finally killed him.
7. Died of orange peel
Bobby Leach (1858-1926) was a stunter. He is also the second person in the world to successfully conquer Niagara Falls with his barrels. He died in 1926, two months after her leg amputated. Why? Apparently he slipped due to stepping on orange peel on the street, in New Zealand. Broken legs and severe infection. At that time there has been no antibiotics ....
8. Parachute failed to inflate died
In 1912 Franz Reichelt claims to have developed parachute jacket. A new discovery. He wanted to try to jump from the top of the Eiffel tower. Previously he was planning to put on a puppet, but eventually did not. He decided to try out his own jacket. Apparently, as the concern many people, the jacket was not functioning and he was killed instantly.
9. Died after being poisoned, shot four times, beaten and eventually drowned
Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) initially poisoned with cyanide. The dose equivalent to killing 10 people. But because it was known then that if it is damaged by the heating of food, he did not die. Then he was shot from behind by Felix Yusupov and his friends. He did not die as well. He was shot again three times, but did not die as well. Finally Rasputih beaten with sticks and finally thrown into the cold Neva River. From the autopsy, the cause of death is actually drowning.
10. Died of a baseball
Ray Chapman (1891-1920) known as the only player who was killed in a baseball game. He died because his head hit the ball from Carl Mays pitch. At that time, baseball was always covered with soil by the pitcher before being cast, to make the opponent see the ball.
11. Death by scarf
Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) known as figures of modern dance. He likes to wear a scarf on the go. In September 1927, he was riding a car, with windows open (!) And the car is moving at high speed. At that time he wore a large shawl. Because shawl "fly" up to a car tire, he choked instantly from car windows.
12. Died when he talked about Hitler
In 1943, a critic of Nazism and fascism named Alexander Woolcott died after suffering a heart attack during the middle of talking about Adolf Hitler.
13. Died on the concert stage
Leslie Harvey, guitarist of Stone the Crows, died in 1972 due to electric shock from a microphone that he uses on the concert stage.
14. Died while broadcast TV
Christine Chubbuck (1944-1974) was the only television reporter who died in the middle of live television. He shot himself in the head on a Suncoast Digest broadcast (WXLT-TV) dated July 15, 1974 with a 38 mm revolver. Chubbuck previously had been troubled with protracted depression
15. Died of "killed the robot"
Robert Williams was trying to retrieve an item in storage racks Ford Motor's Flat Rock because the robots were not functioning. Suddenly, the robot moves and the robot arm was hitting the head of Williams. He was killed instantly on January 25, 1979. Only 2 years later, a similar accident occurred in Japan. Kenji Urada that ultimately failed to turn off the robot accidentally pushed him into a milling machine.
16. Died of severed helicopter
Victor Morrow (1929-1982) and 2 with child actors who have died because of a helicopter blade severed when she was filming for the movie Twilight Zone, in 1982. This case encourages the U.S. government to revise laws on the protection of child labor and safety regulations and the guarantee of safety on the set.
17. Died of cactus
Still in 1982, David Grundman and a friend were out hunting cactus. They met a large cactus. Cactus saguaro cactus is nearly 8 feet tall which was about 100 years. In front there is a small cactus. They opened fire on a small cactus once, successfully. Now it is great. But what happens, even the giant cactus had been shot through a hole, and finally fell on Grundman. He died instantly. Really revenge by the cactus!
18. Died of bottle caps
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), U.S. playwright, died choking on a swallowed a bottle cap when he was drunk at a hotel in New York. This is presumably related to the habit of putting the lid in both eyes and mouth while drinking.
19. Died when droll
Dick Shawn (1924-1987) was droll about political campaigns in the United States. After saying "I Will not lay down on the job!" (I will not resign!), He immediately lay on the floor. The audience thought it was part of the joke. But because he did not wake up again, a few stagehands were examined him and did emergency breathing assistance. Not long after he died.
20. Died during the "reconstruction"
In 1991, a 57-year-old Thai woman named Yooket Paen, slipped on cow dung was walking in her garden. After that she baked a bare wires (without wrap), and was electrocuted to death. After the funeral, Paen sister came to the orchard. He also slipped on the same cow dung, roasted in the same cable, and died also.
21. Died of sheep
In 1999, Betty Stobbs was feeding his sheep on a motorcycle. Food for the sheep are located in the back of his motorcycle. At that time, the sheep are apparently being starved. They also raided the tailgate, to the extent that Stobbs was thrown into the abyss as deep as 30 meters. He has not died due to "throw" it. But where the bike? Turns out there right behind him, and he was killed on his motorcycle hit himself.
22. Died of a bookshelf
November 2006, Mariesa Weber (38 years) thought to be lost. Already two weeks he had not found his family (though he died at home alone!). But eventually he found under a pile of fallen bookshelf. Apparently he was trying to plug the television into an outlet, which can only be achieved by standing on the desk next to the bookcase. But unfortunately, she fell head first, and joined his bookcase fell on Weber.
23. Died of online games
In 2005, Lee, a 28-year-old South Korean, were killed after 50 hours of nonstop playing Starcraft at an internet cafe in Daegu. Starcraft is an online game.
