List of Unusual Deaths

Ahh the Internet is such a vast collection of knowledge. For example, take Wikipedia's List of Unsual Deaths. Some highlights:

• 456 BC: Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to legend, died when an eagle, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
  
• 1884: Allan Pinkerton, detective, died of gangrene resulting from having bitten his tongue after stumbling on the sidewalk.
  
• 1911: Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning from a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code.