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These 15 Historical Figures Died in the Most Bizarre Ways

From ice picks to toothpicks, death strikes in strange ways.

By did you know? | Published Feb 20, 2018
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1. Harry Houdini

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2. Leon Trotsky

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3. Attila the Hun

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4. Marie Curie

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5. Tennessee Williams

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6. William Henry Harrison

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7. Zachary Taylor

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8. King Henry I of England

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9. Tycho Brahe

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10. Sir Francis Bacon

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11. Queen Sunandha

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12. Aeschylus

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13. Adolf Frederick

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14. Sherwood Anderson

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15. Grigori Rasputin

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