To Die For

New Zealand's MSN gives us the Weirdest Deaths in History.  Among the winners: fatal hilarity and swallowing a toothpick.  I'm not sure about the choices, but the accompanying anecdotes do provide a dose of history.

Late Update (12/21/06): Moronland gets right to the point with its own list of The Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History.

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Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
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