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The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
Ann Hodges had the latter kind of luck. Hodges had a literal out-of-this-world experience when a meteorite crashed into her living room in 1954. In the sleepy town of Sylacauga, Alabama, where the ...
This is a list of urban legends.An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore.It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements.
Zola. Zola is, hands down, one of the most absurd tales out there. The premise of the film—which is based on a viral Twitter thread from 2015—is so bonkers, it almost seems unfathomable. And ...
Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series based on the original television series of the same name created by Steven Spielberg. The series is produced for Apple TV+ and its executive producers for the series include Spielberg, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey. Episodes premiered between March 6 and ...
A small single-story building where over 285,000 companies, or over 15% of all companies in the United States, are legally based. Crush, Texas: A temporary "city" established as the site of an 1896 publicity stunt, a staged train wreck. The wreck unexpectedly caused two deaths and numerous injuries among spectators. Crazy Horse Memorial
Telling a World War II-era story, Hugh says she realized "how just in our brains, in our audience's brains, how so many things are cemented because of other films and TV shows about World War II.
Stories include the invention of streptomycin and a story on George Gershwin. A revival of the original series, Ripley's Believe It or Not! , aired from 1982 to 1986 on the ABC television network. Based on three pilots/specials conceived, produced and directed by Ron Lyon and Jack Haley, Jr. (1980–81), the series was a Haley/Lyon/ Rastar ...