32. The deadly experiment

Franz Reichelt, an Austrian tailor, was credited for being the first one to conceptualize the modern parachute. He created a contraption which he thought would engage mid-air to slow down his fall. He tested it by jumping from the Eiffel Tower, but failed miserably. He fell to his death when his invention didn’t deploy.

33. Death by tasty chemicals

Not all things should be put into your mouth, like, you know, chemicals. Which was exactly what Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele had been doing each time he discovered new concoctions. In 1786, he died when he was overexposed to arsenic, lead, hydrofluoric acid, and other deadly chemicals.