Seven Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History

Attila the Hun
Attila the Hun was one of the most notorious villains in history, conquering all of Asia by destroying and pillaging the countryside.
How he died: He dies of a nosebleed on his wedding night.

Tycho Brahe
Brahe was an important astronomer of the 16th century, whose ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to discover the theory of gravity.
How he died: After an excessive night of drinking at a banquet, is bladder burst, killing him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.

Horace Wells
Wells was the pioneer of using anesthesia in the 1840s.
How he died: Wells anesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.

Francis Bacon
Bacon was a statesman, philosopher, a writer and a scientist in the late 16th century. It is even rumored that he may have written some of Shakespeare's plays.
How he died: Attempted to stuff snow into a chicken to freeze it. The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.

Jerome Irving Rodale
Rodale was the "founding father" of the organic food movement and creator of "Organic Farming and Gardening" magazine.
How he died: Rodale died of a heart attack while taping an episode of the "Dick Cavett Show."

Aeschylus
Aeschylus was a Greek playwright who lived in 500 BC.
How he died: An eagle dropped a tortoise on his head.

Jim Fixx
Author of the "Complete Book of Runnin."
How he died: A heart attack while jogging.