Also called the Euthanasia Coaster, it was designed in 2010 with the intention of killing its passangers. PhD candidate, Julijonas Urbonas, designed the coaster after working at an amusement park. Urbonas stated that his goal for the coaster was to take lives 'with elegance and euphoria.' The seven loops put the body under so much stress that the brain is starved of oxygen and makes it impossible for the heart to pump blood. The Euthanasia Coaster was also made to be a fun death.
2. Gympie Gympie
The Gympie Gympie tree's leaves produce a unbearable toxin. The pain has been compared to being sprayed with hot acid and being electrocuted at the same time. A man was reported to have shot himself after accidentally using the leaves as toilet paper.
3. The Disappearing Disease
In 1485, a disease broke out that caused people to sweat to death in a matter of hours. This mysterious disease was the cause of death for more then ten thousand people, and then it disappeared.
4. The Stress of High School
High school students today have the same anxiety levels as insane asylum patients in the 1950's.
5. Blackout Haunted House
There is a haunted house, called Blackout Elements, for only people over 18 years old. The actors in the house are allowed, and will touch you as well as instruct you to do certain tasks that you must perform. You are not allowed to touch the walls and you must wear a protective face mask and carry a flashlight at all times. You must go in the house alone, but if at any point you get too scared you can yell the word safety and get escorted out.
6. Worst Surgery Ever
In 1847, a doctor performed a surgery in only 25 seconds. But, he worked so quickly that he also amputated his assistants fingers in the process. The patient as well as the assistant died of Sepsis, and a spectator died of shock during the procedure, making this the only reported surgery with a 300% mortality rate.
7. In 1941, Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest that was imprisioned in Auschwitz concentration camp, volunteered to trade places with a stranger sentenced to death. The man he replaced made it out of the camp and lived until 1995.
8. The Man with Two Faces
Edward Mordrake, who lived in the 1800's, had an extra face on the back of his head. The face could not eat or speak, but it could laugh and cry. Mordrake begged doctors to amputate to remove the face, saying it whispered horrible things to him at night. They refused, and Mondrake killed himself at the age of 24.
9. America's First Serial Killer
H. H. Holmes built an entire hotel to murder his victims. The hotel included rooms with no windows and a large safe right next to Holmes' desk in which he would keep people until they died.
10. The Cannibilism Disease
Cannibilism, especially consumption of the brain, can cause a disease called Kuru. The disease causes uncontrollable laughter as well as depression and emotional instability.
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