Facts, Jokes, and Fun

Whether you’re bored, or just looking for a good fact to use as a conversation starter, you’re sure to find something engaging, enraging, or astounding, at Facts Jokes N Fun, where we ferret out the most fantastic factoids for you.

According to one popular song, there are fifty ways to leave your lover, but for people, there are a myriad of bizarre ways to leave the living. Take these luminaries for example.

Aeschylus: 456 B.C.
The founder of Greek tragedy died when an eagle mistook his shiny, bald head for a rock and dropped a tortoise on it to crack the shell. According to legend the shell remained intact.

Attila the Hun: 453
The King of the Huns died of a bloody nose. He ate and drank heavily at his wedding feast the night before. Sometime during the night he choked to death on the blood, some say probably from overexerting himself with his new young bride.

P.T. Barnum: 1891
America’s greatest showman, known for his classic line, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” wanted to read his obituary before he died. The New York Evening Sun was happy to oblige and printed it under the title “Great and Only Barnum. He wanted to read his Obituary; Here it is.” The 80-year-old Barnum obliged by dying two weeks later.

Isadora Duncan: 1927
Always the flamboyant dresser, the early practitioner of modern dance broke her neck when she went for a ride in a sports car and her long scarf got caught in one of the rear wheels.

U.S. Major General John Sedgwick: 1864
During the American Civil War, General Sedgewick was on the front lines, trying to calm his troops. “I tell you they can not hit an elephant at this distance,” he said. Just then he was hit in the head and killed by a sharpshooter’s bullet.

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