7 Fatal Hilarity
Although it seems like a gimmick in a Comedy Central commercial, “death by laughter” is actually something that happens. One of the most well-known instances is that of Chrysuppus, a Greek philosopher who died c. 206 BC. (This is the guy you have to thank for all those logic questions on the SATs.) Story goes that a drunken Chryssuppus saw a donkey eating some figs, thought this was the most hilarious thing ever, and died laughing. That’s it. That’s the story.
