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New JZ Segment – Links!
Sep 9th
NEW FEATURE ALERT!!!!!
I am going to introduce a new category called Links, where I will post the best links I come along on the interwebs. If you have JZ worthy links free to send them to me at links@jerryzeinfeld.com!
Our first link is from Wikipedia, a List of Unusual Deaths!
Some of my favorites…
892: Sigurd the Mighty of Orkney strapped the head of a defeated foe to his leg, the tooth of which grazed against him as he rode his horse, causing the infection which killed him.
1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus
1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he could not stand the shame of a postponed meal. His body was discovered by an aide, sent to tell him of the arrival of the fish. The authenticity of this story is quite questionable.
1912: Franz Reichelt, tailor, fell to his death off the first deck of the Eiffel Tower while testing his invention, the coat parachute. It was his first ever attempt with the parachute and he had told the authorities in advance he would test it first with a dummy
Enjoy!
[thanks, mike]
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