ShortHand: Ironic Deaths
They say that death is the ultimate punchline in life’s ironic comedy.
Well, that couldn’t be more true for the unfortunate souls we’ll be talking about today.
Join us as we steer you through ironic incidents across history, in which life’s grand punchlines were delivered in the most unexpected - and ironic - of ways.
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