Isn't it a bitch when you're out for a walk and a bird plops it's droppings on your head? If that's ever happened to you, you're definitely luckier than this guy. In 455 BC, the great Athenian author of tragedies, Aeschylus, was killed by a tortoise when an eagle dropped it on his head from a great height. The bird of prey had mistaken his head for a rock, which they use to shatter the strong shell of the reptile. It's said that Aeschylus had actually been hanging around outdoors to avert a prophecy that he'd be killed by a falling object, but, come on, anyone who has seen Final Destination knows you can't avert death, duh.
