40 Unexpected And Sudden Deaths By Unusual Causes

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.

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