Unusual Deaths from History - Statistics

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The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, reportedly died after taking pills that were said to be an elixir of immortality. What were the pills made from?	Mercury	62%
Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov are the only humans to have died where?	In space	49%
Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, died after an eagle (or some kind of bird of prey) dropped what on his head?	A tortoise	33%
Sir William Payne-Gallwey, an English politician, died after falling on what kind of root vegetable?	Turnip	33%
The last caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Musta'sim, was intentionally trampled to death by horses after being wrapped in what?	A rug	21%
Henry I of England supposedly died after eating too many of which species of fish?	Lamprey	18%
Alexander, King of Greece from 1917 to 1920, died of sepsis after being bitten. What kind of animal bit him?	Monkey	18%
Philip, co-king of France (alongside his father), died are being flung from his horse after it tripped. What did the horse trip on?	A black pig	15%
The stuntman Bobby Leach died after slipping on what?	Orange peel	13%
Hans Staininger, burgomaster (chief magistrate) of Braunau, died after tripping on what?	His own beard	8%

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