Heraclitis
Died covered in cow shit in 575BCE
Heraclitus was a very popular in ancient Greece, and at some point in his life, he developed a painful condition called ‘dropsy.’ According to the folk remedies available, covering yourself in cow dung and resting in the sun was the answer. It wasn’t, and he died.
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Catshark 4 year s ago
#12. Franz Reichelt. Tried to use a parachute coat in 1912.
There is a video of this on YouTube (honest). You can tell he was afraid to jump, but his handlers kept telling him it was too late to back out.
So all the way down, when he knew he was going to die, at least he had the satisfaction of being able to yell "I told you so!"
There is a video of this on YouTube (honest). You can tell he was afraid to jump, but his handlers kept telling him it was too late to back out.
So all the way down, when he knew he was going to die, at least he had the satisfaction of being able to yell "I told you so!"
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Offspring 4 year s ago
my grandson was talking about this the other night but didn't know the mans name and i remembered the story from years ago. i'm going to foward this to him
There is a video of this on YouTube (honest). You can tell he was afraid to jump, but his handlers kept telling him it was too late to back out.
So all the way down, when he knew he was going to die, at least he had the satisfaction of being able to yell "I told you so!"