Choosing My Strange Death

There are so many bizarre ways to go. Isadora Duncan was strangled to death when her trademark long scarf got caught in the wheel of an auto she was riding in. Sonny Bono crashed into a tree while skiing. Attila the Hun died from an unstoppable nosebleed on his wedding night.

All strange, but what are the chances of taking the dirt nap via a truly odd incident? I've always wanted to know, for instance, if I could possibly arrange it so I am killed by a falling satellite. The pictures from the newspapers would make a cool poster display at the wake.

Unfortunately, my actual chances are over a trillion to one of being smashed to bits by Skylab.

Here's my list of runners-up. Guess which one I picked as my second choice.

Oddest ways to die:

300 million to 1 chance of being attacked and killed by a shark.

300 million to 1 chance of being killed in a fairground accident.

250 million to 1 chance of dying from being hit on the head by a falling coconut.

11 million to 1 chance of dying in a plane crash.

10 million to 1 chance of being killed by lighting.

10 million to 1 chance of dying from radiation poisoning from your neighborhood nuclear plant.

5 million to 1 chance of being scalded to death by hot water.

4.4 million to 1 chance of a left-handed person dying while using a tool designed for a right-handed person.

3.5 million to 1 chance of dying from a snakebite.

3 million to 1 chance of dying from food poisoning.