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Top 10 Odd Facts About Death
Thousands of people die fro cancer, accidents, or other everyday illnesses we hear about every day. But did you know that enough people die from falling out of bed or getting a snack out of a vending machine or a cow falling on them whilst sleeping. Here are ten odd facts about death I am sure you never heard of until now:
10. Cremation Coffins
Coffins used for cremation are usually made with plastic handles. When a body is cremated, it must be put in the cremation chamber in a rigid, fully combustible casket.
9. Joao Maria de Souza
Joao Maria de Souza from Brazil was killed in 2013 when a cow fell through his roof onto him as he slept. The cow had escaped from a nearby farm and somehow climbed onto the roof of the couple’s house, which backs onto a steep hill. Previously, he nearly died from meningitis when he was two. He is survived by his wife, children and mother.
8. Hans N. Langseth
Hans N. Langseth was a Norwegian who happened to be the owner of the longest beard in history at 18.5 feet. He lived in the 19th century. He died from a broken neck, caused by him stepping on his beard. Pretty abnormal for a human being, eh? When he died, one member of his family cut it down to 12 inches. The part that was removed was eventually donated to the Smithsonian Institute where it was displayed to the public. Currently, the record of the longest living beard measures 2.37 m (7 ft 9 in) and belongs to Sarwan Singh (Canada).
7. Robert Williams
Robert Williams, a Ford assembly line worker, is the first human in history to have been killed by a robot. He was hit by a robot arm during assembly work. Coincidentally, his death coincided wit the 58th anniversary of the premiere of Karel Capek’s play about Rossum’s Universal Robots. The family sued Ford Motors and the jury agreed that there was a malfunction, awarding them $10 million in damages.
6. Edgar Allen Poe
One of Edgar Allen Poe’s frenemies Rufus Wilmot Griswold wrote a lengthy obituary that was so libelous Griswold signed it with a pseudonym. The article portrayed Poe as a mad, drunken, womanizing opium addict who based his darkest tales on his own experience. Griswold expanded this account into a brief memoir of the author, and Griswold’s distorted picture of Poe influenced popular opinion of the author for over a century.
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