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6 Weirdest Non-Pandemic Ways to Die in 2020, Ranked

Cause of death: Not Covid-19 but something much stranger

Omar L. Gallaga
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1 min readSep 8, 2020

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6. Instagram-related dry-ice incident

Dyin’ for the ’Gram: always in style.

5. Murder hornets

These hornets aren’t your friends. It’s right there in the name — they don’t want your wallet or to set up shop under your roof’s eaves; they want to ice your ass.

4. Falling propane tank

Only Hank Hill wishes he could go out like this.

3. Bubonic plague

It’s back! Websites say not to worry, but did you not hear the words “bubonic” and “plague” in the same sentence?

2. Not-at-all-suspicious nitrous-oxide-filled balloons in a Russian apartment

Pray that the Russian Twitter bots don’t start sending balloons overseas.

1. Five tornadoes at the same time

One tornado is scary; five are just karmic retribution on a cosmic scale. What did you do, bruh?

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Omar L. Gallaga
Omar L. Gallaga

Written by Omar L. Gallaga

Tech culture writer and podcaster, now freelancing in Texas. Bylines: Washington Post, WSJ, CNN, NPR, Wired, Texas Monthly. Here for all your wordy needs.

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