Collected by wikipediaAntiquityNote: Many of these stories are likely to be apocryphal (uncertain authenticity)* 456 BC: Aeschylus, a Greek playwright, was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone. The tortoise survived.* 430 BC: Empedocles, Pre-Socratic philosopher, secretly jumped into an active volcano (Mt. Etna). According […]

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