TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fh59pf/til_in_458_bc_father_of_the_greek_tragedy/
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 That's tragic! I wonder if at least the tortoise's shell shattered?